Feeding Experimentation Device (FED): A flexible open-source device for measuring feeding behavior

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 267, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-114

  Nguyen, Katrina P ^a   O'Neal, Timothy J ^a   Bolonduro, Olurotimi A ^a   White, Elecia ^b   Kravitz, Alexxai V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Logical Elegance   (United States)

Author keywords

Arduino; Feeding behavior; Food intake; Open source

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING EXPERIMENTATION DEVICE; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LABORATORY DEVICE; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; C57BL MOUSE; DEVICES; EATING; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; NERVE CELL; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; TIME FACTOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EATING; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTOPERIOD; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84963959832     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2016.04.003     Document Type: Article

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