posted on 2024-11-11, 18:32authored byJesus E. Madrid, Nicole M. Pranic, Samantha Chu, Johanna J. D. Bergstrom, Rhea Singh, Joclin Rabinovich, Kaycee Arias Lopez, Alexander G. Ophir, Katherine A. Tschida
(A) The home cage of the resident vole (a) was placed inside a plexiglass sleeve (b), with a small amount of foam padding (c) placed to fill any gaps between the edge of the home cage and the wall of the sleeve. The chamber was equipped with an ultrasonic microphone (d) and a webcam (e). Please note that although only the resident vole is present in this image, both a resident and visitor vole were placed in the chamber for each social interaction test. (B) View of the behavioral chamber from the overhead webcam.