10.1371/journal.pone.0211571.g001
Andrew Erskine
Andrew
Erskine
Thorsten Bus
Thorsten
Bus
Jan T. Herb
Jan T.
Herb
Andreas T. Schaefer
Andreas
T. Schaefer
AutonoMouse schematic.
Public Library of Science
2019
bulb lesions Operant conditioning
behavioural
discrimination
High throughput operant conditioning
AutonoMouse
neuroscience research areas
RFID
tool
bulb lesions
odour
medium lesion sizes
2019-03-06 18:30:56
Figure
https://plos.figshare.com/articles/figure/AutonoMouse_schematic_/7809473
<p>(a) Basic design of the AutonoMouse system showing the link between the common home cage and the upper behavioural staging area. (i) Main home cage. (ii) Food hopper. (iii) Access door controlled by IR beam detectors. (iv) IR beam detectors, inactive as not blocked by animal. (v) Active IR beam detectors blocked by animal. (vi) Unique RFID readout. (vii) Water reservoir, pump and lickometer. (viii) Odour stimulus production. (ix) Odour exhaust. (x) Access ramp. (b) Time course of a typical olfactory go/no-go stimulus in the system. (c) Response/reward table showing trial outcomes depending on stimulus type and whether animal licks in ≥3 (+ve response) response period quarters or <3 (-ve response) (Q1-Q4 in (b). (d) Performance over trials in the first introduced olfactory discrimination task (n = 29, mean +/- sem; sliding average with 100 trial window).</p>