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Flat-floored Air-lifted Platform: A New Method for Combining Behavior with Microscopy or Electrophysiology on Awake Freely Moving Rodents
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Flat-floored Air-lifted Platform: A New Method for Combining Behavior with Microscopy or Electrophysiology on Awake Freely Moving Rodents

Flat-floored Air-lifted Platform: A New Method for Combining Behavior with Microscopy or Electrophysiology on Awake Freely Moving Rodents

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June 29, 2014

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10.3791/51869-v

DOI:
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1Neuroscience Center,University of Helsinki, 2Neurotar LTD, 3A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences,University of Eastern Finland, 4Laboratory Animal Center,University of Helsinki

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This method creates a tangible, familiar environment for the mouse to navigate and explore during microscopic imaging or single-cell electrophysiological recordings, which require firm fixation of the animal’s head.

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Kislin, M., Mugantseva, E., Molotkov, D., Kulesskaya, N., Khirug, S., Kirilkin, I., Pryazhnikov, E., Kolikova, J., Toptunov, D., Yuryev, M., Giniatullin, R., Voikar, V., Rivera, C., Rauvala, H., Khiroug, L. Flat-floored Air-lifted Platform: A New Method for Combining Behavior with Microscopy or Electrophysiology on Awake Freely Moving Rodents. J. Vis. Exp. (88), e51869, doi:10.3791/51869 (2014).

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