Journal
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
Volume 272, Issue -, Pages 16-24Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.06.047
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3D video tracking; Object recognition memory; Exploratory behavior dynamic; Attention; Phenotyping behavior; MK-801
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- JSPS Asian Core Program
- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture
- JSPS KAKENHI [25290005]
- Smoking Research Foundation
- Health, and Labour Sciences Research Grants for Comprehensive Research on Disability, Health, and Welfare [H24-Seishin-Ippan-002]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25830006] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The novel object recognition (NOR) test has been widely used to test memory function. We developed a 3D computerized video analysis system that estimates nose contact with an object in Long Evans rats to analyze object exploration during NOR tests. The results indicate that the 3D system reproducibly and accurately scores the NOR test. Furthermore, the 3D system captures a 3D trajectory of the nose during object exploration, enabling detailed analyses of spatiotemporal patterns of object exploration. The 3D trajectory analysis revealed a specific pattern of object exploration in the sample phase of the NOR test: normal rats first explored the lower parts of objects and then gradually explored the upper parts. A systematic injection of MK-801 suppressed changes in these exploration patterns. The results, along with those of previous studies, suggest that the changes in the exploration patterns reflect neophobia to a novel object and/or changes from spatial learning to object learning. These results demonstrate that the 3D tracking system is useful not only for detailed scoring of animal behaviors but also for investigation of characteristic spatiotemporal patterns of object exploration. The system has the potential to facilitate future investigation of neural mechanisms underlying object exploration that result from dynamic and complex brain activity. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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