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An Automated T-maze Based Apparatus and Protocol for Analyzing Delay- and Effort-based Decision Making in Free Moving Rodents
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An Automated T-maze Based Apparatus and Protocol for Analyzing Delay- and Effort-based Decision Making in Free Moving Rodents

An Automated T-maze Based Apparatus and Protocol for Analyzing Delay- and Effort-based Decision Making in Free Moving Rodents

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August 02, 2018

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10.3791/57895-v

DOI:
10.3791/57895-v

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07:42 min
August 02, 2018

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1Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics, Center for Brain Science,RIKEN, 2Faculty of Human Science,University of Tsukuba

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This article introduces an automated T-maze apparatus that we invented, and a protocol based on this apparatus for analyzing delay-based decision making and effort-based decision making in free moving rodents.

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Zhang, Q., Kobayashi, Y., Goto, H., Itohara, S. An Automated T-maze Based Apparatus and Protocol for Analyzing Delay- and Effort-based Decision Making in Free Moving Rodents. J. Vis. Exp. (138), e57895, doi:10.3791/57895 (2018).

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