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Quantifying Social Motivation in Mice Using Operant Conditioning
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Quantifying Social Motivation in Mice Using Operant Conditioning

Article DOI: 10.3791/53009 • 07:43 min • August 8th, 2015
August 8th, 2015 •
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1Department of Graduate Psychology, Azusa Pacific University

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This article describes a new protocol for the quantitative measurement of social motivation in mice using operant conditioning for a social reward. The protocol is useful for the measurement of social motivation in mouse models of autism and other disorders of social behavior.

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Quantifying Social Motivation Mice Operant Conditioning Experiments Two-chambered Shuttle Boxes Operant Levers Food Receptacle Guillotine Door Wire Grid Stimulus Mice Visible Lever Press Social Reward Fixed Schedule Of 3 Testing Sessions Reinforced Ratio Breakpoint Quantitative Measure Discriminate Between Left And Right Lever Presses Food Reward Value Placed Upon Each Reward Ratio Comparison Mouse Strains
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