Patent ID: 7970476

Claim:
A method for guiding forward, right and left movement of a freely roaming animal, comprising: implanting electrodes in a medial forebrain bundle (MFB) area of an animal's brain for controlling the animal's forward movement, and implanting electrodes in a portion of the animal's brain for controlling left and right movements; energizing the electrodes to provide cues to the animal to move forward by stimulating the MFB area of the animal's brain to achieve a first actual behavioral result; and energizing the electrodes to provide cues to the animal to change its direction of movement either left or right by stimulating the portion of the animal's brain for controlling left and right movement, individually or simultaneously with the step of energizing the electrodes to provide cues to the animal to move forward, to achieve a second actual behavioral result; wherein the first actual behavioral result is the animal moving forward for a specified length of time and distance, and the second actual behavioral result is the animal turning left or right for a specified length of time and distance.