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SUBMITTER: Cushman JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3817119 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cushman Jesse D JD Aharoni Daniel B DB Willers Bernard B Ravassard Pascal P Kees Ashley A Vuong Cliff C Popeney Briana B Arisaka Katsushi K Mehta Mayank R MR
PloS one 20131104 11
Understanding of adaptive behavior requires the precisely controlled presentation of multisensory stimuli combined with simultaneous measurement of multiple behavioral modalities. Hence, we developed a virtual reality apparatus that allows for simultaneous measurement of reward checking, a commonly used measure in associative learning paradigms, and navigational behavior, along with precisely controlled presentation of visual, auditory and reward stimuli. Rats performed a virtual spatial navigat ...[more]