PyMouseTracks: Adaptable Rodent Tracking System

PyMouseTracks: Adaptable Rodent Tracking System

Tony Fong and colleagues recently published their project, PyMouseTracks (PMT). PMT is an open source, scalable and customizable system for tracking and behavior assessment, available now on GitHub. PyMouseTracks is an open source, adaptable tracking system for...
BehaviorDEPOT

BehaviorDEPOT

Advancements in machine learning methods for video analysis have been a crucial development for understanding the neural underpinnings of freely-moving behaviors. Many of these methods emphasize pose estimation and tracking, but options for classifying specific...
CaT-z: 3D Tracking and Automatic Classification of Rodent Behavior

CaT-z: 3D Tracking and Automatic Classification of Rodent Behavior

In behavioral neuroscience, analyzing animal behavior is a key component to many experiments, but relying on manually scoring behaviors pose issues in reproducibility. In resolution, most have turned to computerized video-analysis systems that combine 2D images with...
Rtrack and ColonyTrack

Rtrack and ColonyTrack

Rupert Overall has generously shared information about two R packages for the analysis of animal tracking data.  Analysis of spatial exploration data from rodents in various behavioral tests can reveal complex strategies for solving mazes and memory tasks. However,...