@article{1309d6ab270d44b097345e8573bbd7fe,
title = "The Dome: A virtual reality apparatus for freely locomoting rodents",
abstract = "The cognitive map in the hippocampal formation of rodents and other mammals integrates multiple classes of sensory and motor information into a coherent representation of space. Here, we describe the Dome, a virtual reality apparatus for freely locomoting rats, designed to examine the relative contributions of various spatial inputs to an animal's spatial representation. The Dome was designed to preserve the range of spatial inputs typically available to an animal in free, untethered locomotion while providing the ability to perturb specific sensory cues. We present the design rationale and corresponding specifications of the Dome, along with a variety of engineering and biological analyses to validate the efficacy of the Dome as an experimental tool to examine the interaction between visual information and path integration in place cells in rodents.",
keywords = "Cognitive map, Control theory, Multisensory integration, Virtual reality",
author = "Madhav, {Manu S.} and Jayakumar, {Ravikrishnan P.} and Lashkari, {Shahin G.} and Francesco Savelli and Blair, {Hugh T.} and Knierim, {James J.} and Cowan, {Noah J.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank B. Nash, B. Quinlan, G. Secer, B. Krishnan, M. Ferreyros, B. Li, V. Puliyadi, and J. Bohren for assistance with developing, constructing and testing the apparatus, and B. Vagvolgyi for assisting in developing and integrating head tracking. This research was supported by National Institutes of Health grants R01 MH079511 (H.T.B., J.J.K.), R21 NS095075 (N.J.C., J.J.K.), and R01 NS102537 (N.J.C., J.J.K., F.S.), an Army Research Office Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Program Award W911NF1810327 (N.J.C., J.J.K.), a Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Discovery Award (N.J.C., J.J.K.), a JHU Science of Learning Institute Award (J.J.K., N.J.C.), and a JHU Kavli NDI Postdoctoral Distinguished Fellowship (M.S.M.). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021",
year = "2022",
month = feb,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1016/j.jneumeth.2021.109336",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "368",
journal = "Journal of Neuroscience Methods",
issn = "0165-0270",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}