Quantifying visual attention in the mouse using behavior, electrophysiology, and wide-field calcium imaging
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Allen, Nicole
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This thesis addresses how mice see and pay attention. First, I establish the method for reliably training mice in a standardized, optimized visual spatial attention task, which lets us collect consistent and reliable neural data while the mice are focusing on specific parts of their visual field. Then, I walk through how I validated that the recording electrodes were placed in the intended brain areas during electrophysiology recordings. Finally, I show data collected using wide-field calcium imaging while the mice were learning and performing the visual attention task.
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Undergraduate Research Option Thesis