Virtual reality systems for rodents  

作　　者：Kay THURLEY AsLl AYAZ 

机构地区：[1]Department Biologie II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, GrolBhaderner StralBe 2, D-82152 Planegg- Martinsried, Germany [2]Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Munich, Germany [3]Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland

出　　处：《Current Zoology》2017年第1期109-119,共11页动物学报（英文版）

摘　　要：Over the last decade virtual reality （VR） setups for rodents have been developed and utilized to in-vestigate the neural foundations of behavior. Such VR systems became very popular since theyallow the use of state-of-the-art techniques to measure neural activity in behaving rodents that can-not be easily used with classical behavior setups. Here, we provide an overview of rodent VR tech-nologies and review recent results from related research. We discuss commonalities and differ-ences as well as merits and issues of different approaches. A special focus is given to experimental（behavioral） paradigms in use. Finally we comment on possible use cases that may further exploitthe potential of VR in rodent research and hence inspire future studies.

关 键 词：BEHAVIORAL neuroscience  closed loop  MULTISENSORY stimulation  neural coding  SENSORIMOTOR integration  spatialnavigation. 

分 类 号：Q[生物学]