The dynamics of spatial behavior: How can robust smoothing techniques help?

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 161-172

  Hen, Itay ^a   Sakov, Anat ^a   Kafkafi, Neri ^b   Golani, Ilan ^a   Benjamini, Yoav ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploratory behavior; LOWESS; Open field behavior; Path smoothing; Repeated Running Median; Rodent; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHOLOGY; GRAVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVERTEBRATE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0742272070     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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