https://www.selleckchem.com/products/Trichostatin-A.html Oocyte maturation is a process wherein an oocyte arrested at prophase of meiosis I resumes meiosis to become a fertilizable egg. In starfish ovaries, a hormone released from follicle cells activates the oocytes, resulting in an increase in their intracellular pH (pHi), which is required for spindle assembly. Herein, we describe a protocol for pHi measurement in living oocytes microinjected with the pH-sensitive dye BCECF. For in vivo BCECF calibration, we treated oocytes with artificial seawater containing CH3COONH4 to clamp pHi, injected pH-standard solutions, and converted the BCECF fluorescence intensity ratios to pHi values. Of note, if the actual pHi is higher or lower than the known pH of injected standard solutions, the BCECF fluorescence intensity ratio will decrease or increase, respectively. On the other hand, the pH of the injected solution displaying no change in fluorescence intensity should be considered the actual pHi. These methods for pHi calibration and clamping are simple and reproducible.The study of food addiction comprises 3 hallmarks that include the persistence to response without an outcome, the strong motivation for palatable food, and the loss of inhibitory control over food intake that leads to compulsive behavior in addicted individuals. The complex multifactorial nature of this disorder and the unknown neurobiological mechanistic correlation explains the lack of effective treatments. Our operant conditioning model allows deciphering why some individuals are vulnerable and develop food addiction while others are resilient and do not. It is a translational approach since it is based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-5) and the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS 2.0). This model allows to evaluate the addiction criteria in 2 time-points at an early and a late period by grouping them into 1) persistence to response during a period of non-availa