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The ANY-maze Optogenetics interface

Introduction

The ANY-maze Optogenetics interface is designed to independently control up to four optogenetic lasers during behavioural tests performed with ANY-maze. Using the interface, you can either pulse a laser with very high precision at a specific frequency and duty cycle for a set duration, or you can 'play' a series of arbitrary pulses. If your laser supports it, the interface can dynamically adjust the laser's intensity too.

Figure 1. The ANY-maze Optogenetics interface.

Using the Optogenetic interface and ANY-maze, you could, for example, easily set up tests in which a laser would pulse at 10Hz with a duty cycle of 33% for 2 seconds, whenever an animal enters a specific part of your apparatus. What's more you could alter these parameters as the test progresses; perhaps increasing the duration or changing the duty cycle, each time the animal presses a lever.

Full details about the ANY-maze Optogenetics interface can be found in the following topics:

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