Bio-Protocol (Mar 2017)

Olfactory Habituation-dishabituation Test (Mouse)

  • Hiroo Takahashi ,
  • Akio Tsuboi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.2154
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 5

Abstract

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Olfaction plays a fundamental role in the various behaviors such as feeding, mating, nursing, and avoidance in mice. Behavioral tests that characterize abilities of odor detection and recognition using genetically modified mice reveal the contribution of target genes to the olfactory processing. Here, we describe the olfactory habituation-dishabituation test for investigating the odor detection threshold in mice.