Novel Object Recognition

Useful Papers

see NOR papers on lab website.

Rat Setup

Arena

external size: 79.2 cm square (not including handles), with 112cm diagonal -- so will fit on a 48" round table.

interior size: 70cm square, with 35cm high walls.

Schematic of arena used for NOR test

Place 36x36" sterilization wrap from Schein for substrate. CSR Wrap 36x36" 100/Bx 1002016EZ | Henry Schein Inc. - 849

Constructed from 8020 materials.

Objects

By having 4 unique toys, should be able to do 2 tests on each rat: a short-term test (e.g. 1 hour post-training) and a long-term test (e.g. 24 hours post-training), with 2 different pairs of toys.

All the toys are approximately the same size, and all are made of similar red rubber (the SHITEC mushroom is a slightly lighter shade of red than the Kongs).

Kong Classic Dog Toy (large) vs. Kong Jump'N Jack Dog Toy (medium).

Note that Jump'N Jack has been discontinued.

Kong Stuff-A-Ball (large0 vs. SHITEC Dog Chew Toy