A Researcher's Guide to Rodent Behavior: Experimental Designs, Methods and Protocols

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Robert M.J. Deacon (research lecturer, Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK) Daniela Schulz (Associate Professor, Bogaziçi University, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Life Sciences and Technologies, Kandilli Campus, Istanbul, Türkiye)

A Researcher's Guide to Rodent Behavior

Experimental Designs, Methods and Protocols

Robert M.J. Deacon (research lecturer, Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK), Daniela Schulz (Associate Professor, Bogaziçi University, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Life Sciences and Technologies, Kandilli Campus, Istanbul, Türkiye)

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Academic Press Inc
01 December 2024

Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Neurosciences

Series: Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

A Researcher's Guide to Rodent Behavior: Experimental Designs, Methods and Protocols, Volume 32 provides a comprehensive guide to all forms of behavioral processes found in mice, rats and other rodents used in behavioral and cognitive research. Sections discuss basic skills necessary for successful rodent behavior research, including experimental design, animal selection, building any necessary apparatus, ethical considerations and interpretation of results. The book provides useful guidance for researchers at all stages of their careers, including a detailed description of how to perform stereotaxic surgery on the rat or mouse brain, advice on how to non-appetitively motivate rodents, and more.

Most significantly, the book contains 35 proven, clearly defined protocols to aid readers in their research, making it one of the few books available that provides a collection of such protocols in a single publication. The cognitive, motor, sensory, affective, and species-typical protocols are profusely illustrated with full-color photographs from the author’s own research, to help readers more fully understand the studies and methods discussed in the text and provide further instruction on the ideal ways to re-create research projects themselves.

By: Robert M.J. Deacon (research lecturer Department of Experimental Psychology South Parks Road University of Oxford Oxford UK), Daniela Schulz (Associate Professor, Bogaziçi University, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Life Sciences and Technologies, Kandilli Campus, Istanbul, Türkiye)
Imprint: Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 276mm, Width: 215mm,
ISBN: 9780128041277
ISBN 10: 0128041277
Series: Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 December 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Dr. Deacon is a research lecturer in the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, who specializes in animal models of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly in the role of the hippocampus and associated cortex in Alzheimer’s disease. He has more than forty years of experience “at the bench performing behavioral testing on manifold rodent species, and has published more than 100 research articles and methods papers on rodent behavior investigations. Dr. Schulz is faculty at Bogaziçi University, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Center for Life Sciences and Technologies, in Istanbul, Türkiye. Trained in psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and behavioral neuroimaging, the behavioral sciences are key to all of her projects. Her research typically focuses on methods development, including animal models of psychiatric and neurological disease, preclinical neuroimaging, experience-dependent deep brain stimulation, and more. While her work is inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral, behavior remains the gateway to studying the brain systemically, dynamically, and in all its complexity.