FinchScope
William Liberti, from the Gardner Lab out of Boston University, has shared the following with Open Behavior regarding ‘FinchScope’. Although originally designed for finches, the 3D printed single-photon fluorescent imaging microscope has since been adapted for rodents and other avian species.
The FinchScope project aims to provide a modular in-vivo optophysiology rig for awake, freely behaving animals, with a transparent acquisition and analysis pipeline. The goal is to produce a customizable and scaleable single-photon fluorescent imaging microscope system that takes advantage of developing open-source analysis platforms. These tools are built from easily procured off-the-shelf components and 3D printed parts.
We provide designs for a 3D printed, lightweight, wireless-capable microscope and motorized commutator, designed for multi-month monitoring the neural activity (via genetically encoded calcium indicators) of zebra finches while they sing their courtship songs. It has since been adapted for rodents, and to other birds such as canaries.
This research tool was created by your colleagues. Please acknowledge the Principal Investigator, cite the article in which the tool was described, and include an RRID in the Materials and Methods of your future publications. RRID:SCR_021484
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