A repetitive movement detector used for automatic monitoring and quantification of scratching in mice

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-114

  Brash, H M ^a   McQueen, D S ^a   Christie, D ^a   Bell, J K ^a   Bond, S M ^a   Rees, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated detector; Histamine; Itch; Mouse; Pruritus; Scratching

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE AGONIST; POLYSTYRENE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EYE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GROOMING; HINDLIMB; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL STAFF; MOUSE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NECK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCRATCHING; VIDEORECORDING; VIDEOTAPE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; ELECTRONICS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HISTAMINE AGONISTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOVEMENT; PRURITUS; RECEPTORS, HISTAMINE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 12344335078     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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