IntelliCage: the development and perspectives of a mouse- and user-friendly automated behavioral test system
Hans‐Peter Lipp,
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Sven Krackow,
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Emir Turkes
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et al.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17
Published: Jan. 3, 2024
IntelliCage
for
mice
is
a
rodent
home-cage
equipped
with
four
corner
structures
harboring
symmetrical
double
panels
operant
conditioning
at
each
of
the
two
sides,
either
by
reward
(access
to
water)
or
aversion
(non-painful
stimuli:
air-puffs,
LED
lights).
Corner
visits,
nose-pokes
and
actual
licks
bottle-nipples
are
recorded
individually
using
subcutaneously
implanted
transponders
RFID
identification
up
16
adult
housed
in
same
home-cage.
This
allows
recording
individual
in-cage
activity
applying
reward/punishment
schemes
corners
workflows
designed
on
versatile
graphic
user
interface.
development
had
roots:
(i)
dissatisfaction
standard
approaches
analyzing
mouse
behavior,
including
standardization
reproducibility
issues,
(ii)
response
handling
housing
animal
welfare
(iii)
increasing
number
models
produced
high
work
burden
classic
manual
behavioral
phenotyping
single
mice.
(iv),
studies
transponder-chipped
outdoor
settings
revealed
clear
genetic
differences
corresponding
those
observed
testing
laboratory.
The
latter
observations
were
important
social
groups,
because
they
contradicted
traditional
belief
that
animals
must
be
tested
under
isolation
prevent
disturbance
other
group
members.
use
IntelliCages
reduced
indeed
amount
remarkably,
while
its
flexibility
was
proved
wide
range
applications
worldwide
transcontinental
parallel
testing.
Essentially,
lines
emerged:
sophisticated
analysis
spontaneous
behavior
screening
new
models,
hypothesis
many
fields
neuroscience.
Upcoming
developments
aim
improved
stimulus
presentation
learning
videotracking
interactions
within
IntelliCage.
Its
main
advantages
live
context
not
stressfully
handled
experiments,
restricted
time
can
run
absence
humans,
it
increases
worldwide,
(iv)
industrial
cage
permits
retrospective
data
statistical
tools
even
after
years.
Language: Английский
Basic research on circadian disruption using animal and human organoid models: a review
Biological Rhythm Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 22
Published: Feb. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
Integrity of the circadian clock determines regularity of high-frequency and diurnal LFP rhythms within and between brain areas
Paul Volkmann,
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A. Geiger,
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Anisja Hühne-Landgraf
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et al.
Molecular Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 29, 2024
Abstract
Circadian
clocks
control
most
physiological
processes
of
many
species.
We
specifically
wanted
to
investigate
the
influence
environmental
and
endogenous
rhythms
their
interplay
on
electrophysiological
dynamics
neuronal
populations.
Therefore,
we
measured
local
field
potential
(LFP)
time
series
in
wild-type
Cryptochrome
1
2
deficient
(
Cry1/2
−/−
)
mice
suprachiasmatic
nucleus
accumbens
under
regular
light
conditions
constant
darkness.
Using
refined
descriptive
statistical
analyses,
systematically
profiled
LFP
activity.
show
that
both
strongly
rhythmicity
signals
frequency
components,
but
also
shape
patterns
much
smaller
scales,
as
activity
is
significantly
less
at
each
more
synchronous
within
between
brain
areas
than
mice.
These
results
functional
circadian
are
integral
for
non-circadian
coordination
ensemble
dynamics.
Language: Английский
Effects of chronodisruption and alcohol consumption on gene expression in reward-related brain areas in female rats
Christiane Meyer,
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Konrad Schoettner,
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Shimon Amir
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et al.
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
17
Published: Nov. 18, 2024
Circadian
dysfunction
caused
by
exposure
to
aberrant
light–dark
conditions
is
associated
with
abnormal
alcohol
consumption
in
humans
and
animal
models.
Changes
drinking
behavior
have
been
linked
alterations
clock
gene
expression
reward-related
brain
areas,
which
could
be
attributed
either
the
effect
of
chronodisruption
or
alcohol.
To
date,
however,
combinatory
circadian
disruption
on
functions
less
understood.
Moreover,
despite
known
sex
differences
behavior,
most
research
has
carried
out
male
subjects
only,
therefore
implications
for
females
remain
unclear.
address
this
gap,
adult
female
rats
housed
under
an
11
h/11
h
cycle
(LD22)
standard
light
(LD24,
12
h/12
light–dark)
were
given
access
intermittent
protocol
(IA20%)
assess
impact
areas
implicated
reward:
prefrontal
cortex
(PFC),
nucleus
accumbens
(NAc),
dorsal
striatum
(DS).
mRNA
core
genes
(
Bmal1
,
Clock
Per2
),
hormone
receptors
ERβ
PR
glutamate
mGluR5
GluN2B
a
calcium-activated
channel
Kcnn2
inflammatory
cytokine
TNF-α
)
measured
at
two-time
points
relative
locomotor
activity
cycle.
Housing
LD22
did
not
affect
intake
but
significantly
disrupted
rhythms
reduced
locomotion.
Significant
changes
primarily
related
conditions,
whereas
Collectively,
these
results
indicate
that
and/or
distinct
effects
brain,
may
regulation
drinking,
addiction,
and,
ultimately,
health.
Language: Английский
Effects of chronodisruption and alcohol consumption on gene expression in reward-related brain areas in female rats.
Carola W. Meyer,
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Konrad Schoettner,
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Shimon Amir
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et al.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: June 24, 2024
ABSTRACT
Circadian
dysfunction
caused
by
exposure
to
aberrant
light-dark
conditions
is
associated
with
abnormal
alcohol
consumption
in
humans
and
animal
models.
Changes
drinking
behavior
have
been
linked
alterations
clock
gene
expression
reward-related
brain
areas,
which
could
be
attributed
either
the
effect
of
chronodisruption
or
alcohol.
To
date,
however,
combinatory
circadian
disruption
on
functions
less
understood.
Moreover,
despite
known
sex
differences
behavior,
most
research
has
carried
out
male
subjects
only,
therefore
implications
for
females
remain
unclear.
address
this
gap,
adult
female
rats
housed
under
an
11h/11h
cycle
(LD22)
standard
light
(LD24,
12h/
12h
light-dark)
were
given
access
intermittent
protocol
(IA20%)
assess
impact
areas
implicated
reward:
prefrontal
cortex
(PFC),
nucleus
accumbens
(NAc),
dorsal
striatum
(DS).
mRNA
core
genes
(
Bmal1
,
Clock
Per2
),
hormone
receptors
ERβ
PR
glutamate
mGluR5
GluN2B
a
calcium-activated
channel
Kcnn2
inflammatory
cytokine
TNF-α
)
measured
at
two-time
points
relative
locomotor
activity
cycle.
Housing
LD22
did
not
affect
intake
but
significantly
disrupted
rhythms
reduced
locomotion.
Significant
changes
primarily
related
conditions,
whereas
Collectively,
these
results
indicate
that
and/or
distinct
effects
brain,
may
regulation
drinking,
addiction,
and,
ultimately,
health.
Language: Английский