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SUBMITTER: Calapai A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5352800 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Calapai A A Berger M M Niessing M M Heisig K K Brockhausen R R Treue S S Gail A A
Behavior research methods 20170201 1
In neurophysiological studies with awake non-human primates (NHP), it is typically necessary to train the animals over a prolonged period of time on a behavioral paradigm before the actual data collection takes place. Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) are the most widely used primate animal models in system neuroscience. Inspired by existing joystick- or touch-screen-based systems designed for a variety of monkey species, we built and successfully employed a stand-alone cage-based training and tes ...[more]