Advances in cellular resolution microscopy for brain imaging in rats

SJ Kim, RO Affan, H Frostig, BB Scott… - …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Rats are used in neuroscience research because of their physiological similarities with
humans and accessibility as model organisms, trainability, and behavioral repertoire. In …

TWINKLE: An open-source two-photon microscope for teaching and research

M Schottdorf, PD Rich, EM Diamanti, A Lin, S Tafazoli… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Many laboratories use two-photon microscopy through commercial suppliers, or homemade
designs of considerable complexity. The integrated nature of these systems complicates …

Novel and optimized mouse behavior enabled by fully autonomous HABITS: Home-cage Assisted Behavioral Innovation and Testing System

B Yu, P Li, H Xu, Y Wang, K Xu, Y Hao - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Mice are among the most prevalent animal models used in neuroscience, benefiting from
the extensive physiological, imaging and genetic tools available to study their brain …

Visual stimulus tuning in mouse primary visual cortex in freely moving immersive virtual reality

M McCann - 2024 - edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de
Neurons in the mammalian primary visual cortex (V1) are classically described via their
selectivity for fundamental visual stimulus features, like grating orientation or spatial …