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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2019

Using Looming Visual Stimuli to Evaluate Mouse Vision.

Christina C Koehler, Leo M Hall, Chase B Hellmer, Tomomi Ichinose

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Christina C KoehlerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Leo M HallDepartment of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Chase B HellmerDepartment of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Tomomi IchinoseDepartment of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine; tichinos@med.wayne.edu.

Funding

Mechanisms of Motion Detection in Retinal Neural NetworkR01EY028915 · NEI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Tomomi Ichinose · 2018 to 2026
$3.8M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028915
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The visual system in the central nervous system processes diverse visual signals. Although the overall structure has been characterized from the retina through the lateral geniculate nucleus to the visual cortex, the system is complex. Cellular and molecular studies have been conducted to elucidate the mechanisms underpinning visual processing and, by extension, disease mechanisms. These studies may contribute to the development of artificial visual systems. To validate the results of these studies, behavioral vision testing is necessary. Here, we show that the looming stimulation experiment is a reliable mouse vision test that requires a relatively simple setup. The looming experiment was conducted in a large enclosure with a shelter in one corner and a computer monitor located on the ceiling. A CCD camera positioned next to the computer monitor served to observe mouse behavior. A mouse was placed in the enclosure for 10 minutes and allowed to acclimate to and explore the surroundings. Then, the monitor projected a program-derived looming stimulus 10 times. The mouse responded to the stimuli either by freezing or by fleeing to the hiding place. The mouse's behavior before and after the looming stimuli was recorded, and the video was analyzed using motion tracking software. The velocity of the mouse movement significantly changed after the looming stimuli. In contrast, no reaction was observed in blind mice. Our results demonstrate that the simple looming experiment is a reliable test of mouse vision.

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AnimalsMaleMiceVision, OcularVisual Perception

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PMID31259889
PMCPMC6686198

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