Adam Lester and colleagues from the NC4 lab, led by Dr. Manu Madhav at the University of British Columbia, have developed NC4gate, a fully customizable gate system that can be used in behavioral experiments involving rodent mazes (T-maze, Y-maze, radial arm, etc.)....
Artur Silva and colleagues, led by Joaquim Alves Da Silva (Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal), introduce an optical-fiber based lickometer designed to overcome common limitations of other open-source lickometers. These sensors can trigger false readings caused...
DREAM (Dynamic, Recoverable, Economical, Adaptable, and Modular) is a novel implant design for in-vivo electrophysiology in mice. It was developed by Tim Schröder, Robert Taylor, Marieke Schölvinck and Martha Havenith, as well as other colleagues in a joint effort...
Spatial cognition paradigms in animal models tend to focus on allocentric means of navigation where animals rely on environmental landmarks. There is a need for spatial cognition paradigms that also take egocentric navigation into account, where an animal’s own point...
Dr. Shuzo Sakata, from the University of Strathclyde, has developed a new tool for classifying animal behaviors. This MATLAB package, called SaLSa, offers an innovative approach to analyzing and categorizing behaviors using pose estimation data. Traditional manual...
