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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/brainrender/

Software Python package for visualizing and interacting with datasets registered to brain atlases. Used for visualization of neuroanatomical and morphological data.

Proper citation: Brainrender (RRID:SCR_022328) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/tetrodrive/

3D printed microdrive for electrophysiology and optophysiology. Consists of main body and head. Used for in vivo tetrode recording, optical imaging, and optogenetic manipulation in freely moving mice.Design files and build instructions for this device can be found on TetrODrive GitHub.Microdrive can be assembled in 15 min and price for all materials, including 3D printer, is lower than single commercial microdrive.

Proper citation: TetrODrive (RRID:SCR_022326) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/frost/

Open source system built around Arduino based microcontroller for analog and digital input and synchronization combined with custom printed circuit board. Hardware and Arduino-based firmware used to synchronize experimental and electrophysiological data.

Proper citation: Florida research open source synchronization tool (RRID:SCR_022344) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/pyos-5/

Open source operant box system optimized for use with tethered animals. System includes hardware and software. Control electronics are build on pyControl, controlling custom PCB integrating 5 infra-red break-beam sensors and 5 stimulus LEDs, single nose-poke for reward receptacle, stepper motor for control of custom peristaltic pump for reward delivery, audio board for tone generation through attached speaker, house light and fan, LED driver for optogenetic stimulation, and bidirectional communication with external devices via TTL pulses.

Proper citation: pyOS-5 project (RRID:SCR_022335) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/?s=pyPhotometry

Open source Python based hardware and software for fiber photometry data acquisition. System includes compact, low cost, data acquisition board built around Micropython microcontroller, and cross platform graphical user interface for controlling acquisition and visualising signals. Can acquire two analog and two digital signals, and control two external LEDs via built in LED drivers. Time division multiplexed illumination allows independent readout of fluorescence evoked by different excitation wavelengths from single photoreceiver signal.

Proper citation: pyPhotometry (RRID:SCR_022940) Copy   

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https://github.com/MatsumotoJ/usvcam

Open source acoustic camera system for measuring ultrasound communication in rodents. System includes small phased microphone array combined with camera and comprises USV segmentation algorithms with modification for overlapping vocalizations that results in high accuracy. Enables simpler and faster USV localization and assignment.

Proper citation: USVCAM (RRID:SCR_022747) Copy   

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https://github.com/denisecailab/minian

Software miniscope analysis pipeline that requires low memory and computational demand so it can be run without specialized hardware. Offers interactive visualization that allows users to see how parameters in each step of pipeline affect output.

Proper citation: Minian (RRID:SCR_022601) Copy   

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https://github.com/compsy/ACTman/

Software R library to automate labor intensive actigraphy data preprocessing and analyses steps while improving transparency, reproducibility, and scalability over software suites traditionally used in actigraphy research practice. Provides streamlined preprocessing while validating circadian rhythm and sleep analysis.

Proper citation: ACTman (RRID:SCR_023119) Copy   

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https://github.com/PeyracheLab/pynapple

Software object oriented, lightweight and standalone Python toolbox for neural data analysis. Its core features five versatile timeseries objects from Pandas library, allowing it the versatility to be used with most raw neuroscience data types and produce some common analysis forms.

Proper citation: Pynapple (RRID:SCR_023312) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/spikeforest/

Project related to neural data analysis. Provides open-source and reproducible software suite that benchmarks performance of automated spike sorting algorithms across extensive, curated database of ground truth electrophysiological recordings, displaying results interactively on continuously updating website.

Proper citation: Spike Forest project (RRID:SCR_021472) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/pypreclin/

Project related to preprocessing of images. Provieds software Python tool to processes raw macaque fMRI images using algorithms embedded in automatic pipeline.

Proper citation: Pypreclin project (RRID:SCR_021473) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/mne-scan/

Project related to real time acquisition and processing of electrophysiological data.Provides software tool for acquisition and processing of electrophysiological data.

Proper citation: MNE Scan project (RRID:SCR_021470) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/3dtracker/, http://www.3dtracker.org/

Project related to markerless computerized behavioral analysis for laboratory animals.Provides open source 3D video based behavioral analysis system for neuroscience. System includes open source software tool for 3D-video based markerless computerized behavioral analysis.

Proper citation: 3DTracker project (RRID:SCR_021440) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/lincom/

Project related to animal behavior in complex mazes.Provides software MATLAB package for linearization of place fields in complex mazes.

Proper citation: LinCoM project (RRID:SCR_021438) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/ethowatcher/

Project related to video tracking, detailed ethography, and extraction of kinematic variables from digital video files of laboratory animals.Provides computational tool developed at Federal University of Santa Catarina.

Proper citation: EthoWatcher project (RRID:SCR_021435) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/automated-rodent-tracker-art/

Project related to development of automated rodent tracking position and movement. Provides software tool to automatically track rodent.Used to track head movements, body movements and also aspects of body size.Identifies certain behaviours from video footage, such as rotations, moving forwards, interacting with objects and staying still.

Proper citation: Automated Rodent Tracker project (RRID:SCR_021432) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/deepsqueak/

Project related to rodent social communication through repertoire of ultrasonic vocalizations. Provides deep learning based system for quantification of Ultrasonic Vocalizations.Includes software MATLAB package for high throughput USV detection, classification, and analysis.

Proper citation: DeepSqueak project (RRID:SCR_021450) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/camera-control/

Portal provides Python based camera software GUI developed by Harvard University scientists. Open source software package that allows video to be recorded in sync with behavior. Python API to record video system timestamps from Imaging Source USB cameras.

Proper citation: Camera Control project (RRID:SCR_021569) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/rigbox/

Project related to streamlining behavioral neuroscience experiments.Provides open source software MATLAB toolbox for running behavioral neuroscience experiments and managing data.Used for probing neurons and behavior.

Proper citation: Rigbox project (RRID:SCR_021444) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/oat/

Project related to processing video, extracting object position information, and streaming data.Provides set of programs for processing video for behavioral research. Includes OAT software tool as real time position tracker which was developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists.

Proper citation: Online Animal Tracker project (RRID:SCR_021386) Copy   

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