Quantitative metrics of laboratory animals’ locomotion are crucial data in behavioural and neuroscience studies. Video analysis of freely behaving animals is a powerful tool to noninvasively capture a range of quantitative behavioural events, e.g. animal position, speed, posture, activity, social interactions, number of visits in a given arena sub area [1-3]. In this work we present the main features of a MATLAB-based semi-automatic user-friendly tracking software recently developed at the university of L’Aquila (TrAQ) for the quantification of a large number of videos without massive user interaction, thus reducing the time needed to set-up projects while providing a large number of quantitative data. We also show the TrAQ capability of automatic rotation behaviour characterization in a rat model.
A semi-automatic user-friendly tracking software (TrAQ) for animal models capable of automatic turning rotation behaviour characterization
D. Di Censo;I. Rosa;M. Alecci;T. M. Florio;A. Galante
2022-01-01
Abstract
Quantitative metrics of laboratory animals’ locomotion are crucial data in behavioural and neuroscience studies. Video analysis of freely behaving animals is a powerful tool to noninvasively capture a range of quantitative behavioural events, e.g. animal position, speed, posture, activity, social interactions, number of visits in a given arena sub area [1-3]. In this work we present the main features of a MATLAB-based semi-automatic user-friendly tracking software recently developed at the university of L’Aquila (TrAQ) for the quantification of a large number of videos without massive user interaction, thus reducing the time needed to set-up projects while providing a large number of quantitative data. We also show the TrAQ capability of automatic rotation behaviour characterization in a rat model.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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