A Second-Generation device for automated training and quantitative behavior analyses of Molecularly-Tractable model organisms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Blackiston, Douglas ^a,b   Shomrat, Tal ^a   Nicolas, Cindy L ^a   Granata, Christopher ^c   Levin, Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Boston Engineering Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TADPOLE; ZEBRA FISH; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TURBELLARIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANARIANS; SOFTWARE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 78650727332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014370     Document Type: Article

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