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Custom-Built Operant Conditioning Setup for Calcium Imaging and Cognitive Testing in Freely Moving Mice

Philip Vassilev, Esmeralda Fonseca, Giovanni Hernandez, Andrea Haree Pantoja-Urban, Michel Giroux, Dominique Nouel, Elise Van Leer and Cecilia Flores
eNeuro 1 February 2022, 9 (1) ENEURO.0430-21.2022; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0430-21.2022
Philip Vassilev
1Department of Psychiatry and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 1A1, Canada
2Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
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Esmeralda Fonseca
3Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540
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Giovanni Hernandez
2Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
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Andrea Haree Pantoja-Urban
4Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 1A1, Canada
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Michel Giroux
2Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
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Dominique Nouel
3Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540
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Elise Van Leer
2Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
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Cecilia Flores
1Department of Psychiatry and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 1A1, Canada
2Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0430-21.2022
PubMed 
35105659
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History 
  • Received October 8, 2021
  • Revision received January 11, 2022
  • Accepted January 14, 2022
  • Published online February 1, 2022.
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Copyright © 2022 Vassilev 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. Philip Vassilev1,2,
  2. Esmeralda Fonseca3,
  3. Giovanni Hernandez2,
  4. Andrea Haree Pantoja-Urban4,
  5. Michel Giroux2,
  6. Dominique Nouel3,
  7. Elise Van Leer2 and
  8. Cecilia Flores1,2
  1. 1Department of Psychiatry and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 1A1, Canada
  2. 2Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, QC, H4H 1R3, Canada
  3. 3Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540
  4. 4Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montréal, QC, H3A 1A1, Canada
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Cecilia Flores at cecilia.flores{at}mcgill.ca.
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: P.V., G.H., and C.F. designed research; P.V., G.H., A.H.P.-U., M.G., D.N., and E.V.L. performed research; E.F. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; P.V. and E.F. analyzed data; P.V. and C.F. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This work was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant R01DA037911 (to C.F.), Canadian Institutes for Health Research Grants MOP-74709 and MOP-431097 (to C.F.), and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Grant 04703 (to C.F.). A.H.P.-U. is supported by The National Council for Science and Technology/The Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT) from México and FRQNT-Merit scholarship program for foreign students (PBEEE).

Funding

  • HHS | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    R01DA037911
  • Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    MOP-74709; MOP-431097
  • Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT)

  • Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Nature et Technologies (FRQNT)

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Philip Vassilev, Esmeralda Fonseca, Giovanni Hernandez, Andrea Haree Pantoja-Urban, Michel Giroux, Dominique Nouel, Elise Van Leer, Cecilia Flores
eNeuro 1 February 2022, 9 (1) ENEURO.0430-21.2022; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0430-21.2022

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eNeuro 1 February 2022, 9 (1) ENEURO.0430-21.2022; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0430-21.2022
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