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A Novel Three-Choice Touchscreen Task to Examine Spatial Attention and Orienting Responses in Rodents

Faraj L. Haddad, Maryam Ghahremani, Cleusa De Oliveira, Ella E. Doornaert, Kevin D. Johnston, Stefan Everling and Susanne Schmid
eNeuro 31 March 2021, 8 (4) ENEURO.0032-20.2021; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0032-20.2021
Faraj L. Haddad
1Graduate Program in Neuroscience, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
2Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
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Maryam Ghahremani
1Graduate Program in Neuroscience, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
4Robarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
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Cleusa De Oliveira
2Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
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Ella E. Doornaert
2Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
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Kevin D. Johnston
1Graduate Program in Neuroscience, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
3Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
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Stefan Everling
1Graduate Program in Neuroscience, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
3Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
4Robarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
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Susanne Schmid
1Graduate Program in Neuroscience, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
2Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
5Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0032-20.2021
PubMed 
33789926
Published By 
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History 
  • Received February 1, 2020
  • Revision received March 9, 2021
  • Accepted March 18, 2021
  • Published online March 31, 2021.
Copyright & Usage 
Copyright © 2021 Haddad et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

Author Information

  1. Faraj L. Haddad1,2,
  2. Maryam Ghahremani1,4,
  3. Cleusa De Oliveira2,
  4. Ella E. Doornaert2,
  5. Kevin D. Johnston1,3,
  6. Stefan Everling1,3,4 and
  7. Susanne Schmid1,2,5
  1. 1Graduate Program in Neuroscience, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
  2. 2Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
  3. 3Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
  4. 4Robarts Research Institute, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
  5. 5Department of Psychology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A3K7, Canada
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Susanne Schmid at susanne.schmid{at}schulich.uwo.ca.
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: F.L.H., M.G., K.D.J., S.E., and S.S. designed research; F.L.H., M.G., C.D.O., and E.E.D. performed research; F.L.H. and M.G. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; F.L.H., M.G., C.D.O., E.E.D., and K.D.J. analyzed data; F.L.H., M.G., S.E., and S.S. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant FRN148365 (to S.E.), the J&J Memorial Fund (F.L.H.), the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (BrainsCAN; S.S. and S.E.), and the Natural Science and Engineering Council (S.S.).

  • *F.L.H. and M.G. share co-first authorship.

Funding

  • Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    FRN 148365
  • J & J Memorial Fund

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  • Canada First Research Excellence Fund

    n/a; n/a
  • Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

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Faraj L. Haddad, Maryam Ghahremani, Cleusa De Oliveira, Ella E. Doornaert, Kevin D. Johnston, Stefan Everling, Susanne Schmid
eNeuro 31 March 2021, 8 (4) ENEURO.0032-20.2021; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0032-20.2021

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eNeuro 31 March 2021, 8 (4) ENEURO.0032-20.2021; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0032-20.2021
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