1. The experimental chamber
The experimental chamber. a, The box was separated into a start box and an arena.
The experimental chamber. a, The box was separated into a start box and an arena. Animals were put in the start box at the start of the trials. The animals were allowed to enter the arena through the door opened and closed by an experimenter. There was a bay window on the opposite side of the door in the arena. b, The photograph shows a rat approach the bay window after the opening of the door at the start of a trial. c–e, A diagram and photograph of the bay window. The rats put their heads into the bay window as shown in d to lick a spout in front of the bay window. Infrared LEDs below and sensors above the bay window detected the entry of the heads. The metal spout was connected with a touch sensor via a metal clip and wire.
Tadashi Inui et al. eNeuro 2019;6:ENEURO
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