Simultaneous recording of breathing and neural activity in awake behaving mice

Summary: This protocol provides a pipeline for simultaneous recording of breathing and neural activities in awake, behaving mice. Breathing is recorded with thermistor probes implanted in the nasal cavity, which can be easily integrated with neural activity monitoring approaches such as fiber photometry. Here, we detail the procedures of the thermistor probe assembly, surgery, recording system setup, and data analysis. This protocol can be applied to investigate respiratory physiology and breathing changes during natural behaviors.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Liu et al. (2022).: Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.

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