Automated scoring of fear-related behavior using EthoVision software

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-326

  Pham, Jon ^a   Cabrera, Sara M ^a,b   Sanchis Segura, Carles ^a,c   Wood, Marcelo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automated scoring; Behavior; Fear conditioning; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FOOTSHOCK; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 60749098727     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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