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From: Altered olfactory responses in Fmr1 KO mice

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Scheme of the habituation for experimental conditions and description of olfactory habituation/dishabituation task. (a) Scheme of the experimental procedure. The protocol consisted of pre-test habituation for experimental condition (Day 1 – Day 4) and behavioral task (Day 5). Before the start of the behavioral assay, mice were also habituated for experimental room condition (at least 1 h) and empty experimental cage containing the clean cotton swab. (b) Scheme of the olfactory habituation/dishabituation task. Mice were presented with cotton swab soaked with same odorant three times (T1–T3). Different olfactory cues were used in following order: odorless water (WAT), serving as a baseline for mouse interest in the cotton swab, banana (BAN), vanilla (VAN), mouse urine from opposite sex (SOC-O) and mouse urine from same sex (SOC-S) then tested mouse sex-paired group. Each odor session was interrupted with 2 min inter-session interval (ISI).

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