An Operant Conditioning Task to Assess the Choice between Wheel Running and Palatable Food in Mice

Wheel running, especially in the homecage, has been widely used to study the neurobiology of exercise because animal tends to use it voluntarily. However, as for each reward, its consumption (in the present case, running performance) does not specifically provide information on its incentive value,...

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Main Authors: Bastien Redon, Imane Hurel, Giovanni Marsicano, Francis Chaouloff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bio-protocol LLC 2019-10-01
Series:Bio-Protocol
Online Access:https://bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?id=3381&type=0