Assessment of locomotion in chlorine exposed mice by computer vision and neural networks

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1064-1072

  Filippidis, Aristotelis S ^a,b   Zarogiannis, Sotirios G ^a,b   Randich, Alan ^b   Ness, Timothy J ^a,b   Matalon, Sadis ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine; Ethograms; Mobility; Pain; Total distance covered

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; CHLORINE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG EFFECT; EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BUPRENORPHINE; CHLORINE; COMPUTERS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PAIN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84859588337     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01023.2011     Document Type: Article

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