Behavioral assessment of visual acuity in mice and rats
Behavioral assessment of visual acuity in mice and rats
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DOI:
10.1016/s0042-6989(00)00081-x
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发表时间:
2000-01-01
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影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Douglas, RM
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作者:
Prusky, GT;West, PWR;Douglas, RM
We have developed a simple computer-based discrimination task that enables the quick determination of visual acuities in rodents. A grating is displayed randomly on one of two monitors at the wide end of a trapezoidal-shaped tank containing shallow water. Animals are trained to swim toward the screens, and at a fixed distance, choose the screen displaying the grating and escape to a submerged platform hidden below it. Both mice and rats learn the task quickly. Performance falls below 70% when the spatial frequency is increased beyond 0.5 cycles in most C57BU6 mice, and around 1.0 cycles per degree (cpd) in Long-Evans rats. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. Ail rights reserved.