A miniaturized video system for monitoring the locomotor activity of walking drosophila melanogaster in space and terrestrial settings

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 522-524

  Inan, Omer T ^a   Etemadi, Mozziyar ^a   Sanchez, Max E ^b   Marcu, Oana ^b   Bhattacharya, Sharmila ^b   Kovacs, Gregory T A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity monitor; Drosophila melanogaster; Locomotor behavior; Space biology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; ACTIVITY MONITOR; BAND PASS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURES; FRUIT FLIES; FUNCTION OF TIME; LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITIES; LOCOMOTOR BEHAVIOR; NOVEL METHODS; SIGNAL OUTPUTS; SPACE BIOLOGY; VIDEO SIGNALS; VIDEO SYSTEMS; WAVE FORMS;

CAMERAS; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; MONITORING; PEST CONTROL;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; SPACE; TELEVISION CAMERA; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MINIATURIZATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPACE FLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 63849171351     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.2006018     Document Type: Article

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