Task design and trial overview

History

Carli M, Evenden JL, Robbins TW (1985). Depletion of unilateral striatal dopamine impairs initiation of contralateral actions and not sensory attention. Nature 313: 679–682.

This task implements procedure (1) of Carli et al. (1985).

Apparatus

This task runs in a standard "nine-hole box" or "five-choice" operant chamber, shown below. However, it only uses three central holes (the centre hole and a definable pair on either side) and the food magazine.

Task outline

See the trial details for a full description.