Animal Behavior Guide
From UCLA Miniscope
Here are some tips to for using the miniscopes to run experiments on freely moving mice.
Experimental Timeline
Plan you experiments schedule accordingly. Here is a typical timeline for getting mice ready for experiments in freely moving mice.
-Week 1: virus injection surgery -Week 2: GRIN lens implant surgery -Week 3: recovery -Week 4: base plate surgery + acclimation to experimenters/handling -Week 5: habituation to wearing miniscopes & setting imaging focal plane -Week 6: begin experiment!