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Two Different Real-Time Place Preference Paradigms Using Optogenetics within the Ventral Tegmental Area of the Mouse
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Two Different Real-Time Place Preference Paradigms Using Optogenetics within the Ventral Tegmental Area of the Mouse

Two Different Real-Time Place Preference Paradigms Using Optogenetics within the Ventral Tegmental Area of the Mouse

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February 12, 2020

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10.3791/60867-v

DOI:
10.3791/60867-v

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1Department of Organismal Biology, Unit of Comparative Physiology,Uppsala University

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Here we present two easy-to-follow step-by-step protocols for place preference paradigms using optogenetics in mice. Using these two different setups, preference and avoidance behaviors can be solidly assessed within the same apparatus with high spatial and temporal selectivity, and in a straightforward manner.

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Bimpisidis, Z., König, N., Wallén-Mackenzie, Å. Two Different Real-Time Place Preference Paradigms Using Optogenetics within the Ventral Tegmental Area of the Mouse. J. Vis. Exp. (156), e60867, doi:10.3791/60867 (2020).

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