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Title: Full field-of-view virtual reality goggles for mice
Visual virtual reality (VR) systems for head-fixed mice offer advantages over real-world studies for investigating the neural circuitry underlying behavior. However, current VR approaches do not fully cover the visual field of view of mice, do not stereoscopically illuminate the binocular zone, and leave the lab frame visible. To overcome these limitations, we developed iMRSIV (Miniature Rodent Stereo Illumination VR)—VR goggles for mice. Our system is compact, separately illuminates each eye for stereo vision, and provides each eye with an ∼180° field of view, thus excluding the lab frame while accommodating saccades. Mice using iMRSIV while navigating engaged in virtual behaviors more quickly than in a current monitor-based system and displayed freezing and fleeing reactions to overhead looming stimulation. Using iMRSIV with two-photon functional imaging, we found large populations of hippocampal place cells during virtual navigation, global remapping during environment changes, and unique responses of place cell ensembles to overhead looming stimulation.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1835389
PAR ID:
10481387
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Cell Press
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Neuron
Volume:
111
Issue:
24
ISSN:
0896-6273
Page Range / eLocation ID:
3941 to 3952.e6
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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