COLORcation: A new application to phenotype exploratory behavior models of anxiety in mice

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 270, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-16

  Dagan, Shachar Y ^a   Tsoory, Michael M ^a   Fainzilber, Mike ^a   Panayotis, Nicolas ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analysis; Anxiety; Behavior; Mouse; Open field

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; HEAT MAP SOFTWARE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEO TRACKING SOFTWARE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; EXERCISE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOFTWARE; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; N METHYL BETA CARBOLINE 3 CARBOXAMIDE;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CARBOLINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SOFTWARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84974593989     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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