US 12,029,200 B2
Odor comparator
Dmitry Rinberg, Yonkers, NY (US); and Hirofumi Nakayama, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to New York University, New York, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/906,572
Filed by New York University, New York, NY (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/023312
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/188992, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/992,006, filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0180718 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 15/02 (2006.01); A01K 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 15/02 (2013.01) [A01K 15/00 (2013.01); A01K 2227/105 (2013.01); A01K 2267/0356 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of training a rodent to learn a rule to inform on perceptual odor similarity between two members of a pair of odors comprising:
a) training a rodent to perform a reportable first action; and
b) exposing the rodent to a pair of odors, and rewarding the rodent if the rodent exhibits a correct response when exposed to a pair of odors, wherein the correct response is performance of the first action when the members of the pair are identical, or lack of performance of the first action when the members of the pair are different,
wherein repeating step b) results in training of the rodent to learn the rule to inform on perceptual similarity between members of a pair of odors.