A low-cost solution to measure mouse licking in an electrophysiological setup with a standard analog-to-digital converter

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-207

  Hayar, Abdallah ^a   Bryant, Jeri L ^a   Boughter, John D ^a   Heck, Detlef H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Awake mouse; Central pattern generator; Cerebellum; Electrophysiology; Licking; Lickometer

Indexed keywords

ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; LICKING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33646229778     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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