A Wireless EEG Recording Method for Rat Use inside the Water Maze.

With the continued miniaturisation of portable embedded systems, wireless EEG recording techniques are becoming increasingly prevalent in animal behavioural research. However, in spite of their versatility and portability, they have seldom been used inside water-maze tasks designed for rats. As such...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Richard C Pinnell, Rand K Almajidy, Robert D Kirch, Jean C Cassel, Ulrich G Hofmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4734832?pdf=render
id doaj-4debf55a926a465faa2a66f62e87ebc0
record_format Article
spelling doaj-4debf55a926a465faa2a66f62e87ebc02020-11-25T00:04:27ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01112e014773010.1371/journal.pone.0147730A Wireless EEG Recording Method for Rat Use inside the Water Maze.Richard C PinnellRand K AlmajidyRobert D KirchJean C CasselUlrich G HofmannWith the continued miniaturisation of portable embedded systems, wireless EEG recording techniques are becoming increasingly prevalent in animal behavioural research. However, in spite of their versatility and portability, they have seldom been used inside water-maze tasks designed for rats. As such, a novel 3D printed implant and waterproof connector is presented, which can facilitate wireless water-maze EEG recordings in freely-moving rats, using a commercial wireless recording system (W32; Multichannel Systems). As well as waterproofing the wireless system, battery, and electrode connector, the implant serves to reduce movement-related artefacts by redistributing movement-related forces away from the electrode connector. This implant/connector was able to successfully record high-quality LFP in the hippocampo-striatal brain regions of rats as they undertook a procedural-learning variant of the double-H water-maze task. Notably, there were no significant performance deficits through its use when compared with a control group across a number of metrics including number of errors and speed of task completion. Taken together, this method can expand the range of measurements that are currently possible in this diverse area of behavioural neuroscience, whilst paving the way for integration with more complex behaviours.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4734832?pdf=render
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Richard C Pinnell
Rand K Almajidy
Robert D Kirch
Jean C Cassel
Ulrich G Hofmann
spellingShingle Richard C Pinnell
Rand K Almajidy
Robert D Kirch
Jean C Cassel
Ulrich G Hofmann
A Wireless EEG Recording Method for Rat Use inside the Water Maze.
PLoS ONE
author_facet Richard C Pinnell
Rand K Almajidy
Robert D Kirch
Jean C Cassel
Ulrich G Hofmann
author_sort Richard C Pinnell
title A Wireless EEG Recording Method for Rat Use inside the Water Maze.
title_short A Wireless EEG Recording Method for Rat Use inside the Water Maze.
title_full A Wireless EEG Recording Method for Rat Use inside the Water Maze.
title_fullStr A Wireless EEG Recording Method for Rat Use inside the Water Maze.
title_full_unstemmed A Wireless EEG Recording Method for Rat Use inside the Water Maze.
title_sort wireless eeg recording method for rat use inside the water maze.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
series PLoS ONE
issn 1932-6203
publishDate 2016-01-01
description With the continued miniaturisation of portable embedded systems, wireless EEG recording techniques are becoming increasingly prevalent in animal behavioural research. However, in spite of their versatility and portability, they have seldom been used inside water-maze tasks designed for rats. As such, a novel 3D printed implant and waterproof connector is presented, which can facilitate wireless water-maze EEG recordings in freely-moving rats, using a commercial wireless recording system (W32; Multichannel Systems). As well as waterproofing the wireless system, battery, and electrode connector, the implant serves to reduce movement-related artefacts by redistributing movement-related forces away from the electrode connector. This implant/connector was able to successfully record high-quality LFP in the hippocampo-striatal brain regions of rats as they undertook a procedural-learning variant of the double-H water-maze task. Notably, there were no significant performance deficits through its use when compared with a control group across a number of metrics including number of errors and speed of task completion. Taken together, this method can expand the range of measurements that are currently possible in this diverse area of behavioural neuroscience, whilst paving the way for integration with more complex behaviours.
url http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4734832?pdf=render
work_keys_str_mv AT richardcpinnell awirelesseegrecordingmethodforratuseinsidethewatermaze
AT randkalmajidy awirelesseegrecordingmethodforratuseinsidethewatermaze
AT robertdkirch awirelesseegrecordingmethodforratuseinsidethewatermaze
AT jeanccassel awirelesseegrecordingmethodforratuseinsidethewatermaze
AT ulrichghofmann awirelesseegrecordingmethodforratuseinsidethewatermaze
AT richardcpinnell wirelesseegrecordingmethodforratuseinsidethewatermaze
AT randkalmajidy wirelesseegrecordingmethodforratuseinsidethewatermaze
AT robertdkirch wirelesseegrecordingmethodforratuseinsidethewatermaze
AT jeanccassel wirelesseegrecordingmethodforratuseinsidethewatermaze
AT ulrichghofmann wirelesseegrecordingmethodforratuseinsidethewatermaze
_version_ 1725429178087505920