FlexRig is an open-source platform for running experiments to test decision making and cognitive flexibility in mice. It was developed by Dr Tim Spellman and his lab at the UConn School of Medicine. The platform allows for using olfactory, somatosensory, and/or...
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...
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...
Jude Frie and Jibran Khokhar of the Khokhar Lab at University of Western Ontario published their open-source tool, FARESHARE, in the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology in February 2024. FARESHARE (Fluid Acquisition Recording in Socially Housed Animal...
While the current understanding of drinking behavior has rapidly evolved over time and research on the subject has become more widespread, the devices we use to measure complexities of this behavior have failed to keep up. Dr. Mariana Cardoso Melo and colleagues from...
