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A matlab-based toolbox for characterizing behavior of rodents engaged in string-pulling

eLife, ISSN: 2050-084X, Vol: 9, Page: 1-31
2020
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University of Lethbridge: Neuroscientists Create Novel Assessment Toolbox

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String-pulling by rodents is a behavior in which animals make rhythmical body, head, and bilateral forearm as well as skilled hand movements to spontaneously reel in a string. Typical analysis includes kinematic assessment of hand movements done by manually annotating frames. Here, we describe a Matlab-based software that allows whole-body motion characterization using optical flow estimation, descriptive statistics, principal component, and independent component analyses as well as temporal measures of Fano factor, entropy, and Higuchi fractal dimension. Based on image-segmentation and heuristic algorithms for object tracking, the software also allows tracking of body, ears, nose, and forehands for estimation of kinematic parameters such as body length, body angle, head roll, head yaw, head pitch, and path and speed of hand movements. The utility of the task and software is demonstrated by characterizing postural and hand kinematic differences in string-pulling behavior of two strains of mice, C57BL/6 and Swiss Webster.

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Inayat, Samsoon; Singh, Surjeet; Ghasroddashti, Arashk; Qandeel; Egodage, Pramuka; Whishaw, Ian Q; Mohajerani, Majid H

eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd

Neuroscience; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology

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