Automated detection and analysis of foraging behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-164

  Huang, Kuang Man ^a   Cosman, Pamela ^a   Schafer, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated detection; Caenorhabditis elegans; Foraging; Image processing; Periodogram

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 42749086364     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.01.027     Document Type: Article

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