Manu Madhav @manusmad.bsky.social · 09/09/2025www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comAdvancements in neural closed-loop manipulations in awake, behaving animalsIn recent years, there has been a paradigm shift in experimental neuroscience, using emerging technologies to ‘close the loop’ around the nervous syst… 010
Reposted by Manu MadhavDjavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (DMCBH) @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Introducing NC4 Touch: an affordable, open-source touchscreen chamber used for rodent behavioural research. Gelareh Modara, a Master’s student in the NC4 lab and Snyder lab, developed this apparatus for her thesis project. Learn more about how Gelareh made this on our website:centreforbrainhealth.caNC4 Touch: Affordable Open-Source Touchscreen Technology for Rodent Behavioural Research - Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health | DMCBHWhen commercially available behavioural testing equipment is out of reach, some researchers get creative and build their own. That’s exactly what Gelareh 011
Reposted by Manu MadhavbioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 05/09/2025The Omniroute maze: a novel rodent navigation apparatus that integrates dynamically configurable routes, sensory cues and automated reward delivery www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 001
Reposted by Manu MadhavbioRxiv Animal Behavior and Cognition @biorxiv-behav.bsky.social · 05/09/2025The Omniroute maze: a novel rodent navigation apparatus that integrates dynamically configurable routes, sensory cues and automated reward delivery www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 011
Reposted by Manu MadhavScience Magazine @science.org · 07/03/2025Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4scim.agThousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science eventsScientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration 151423490