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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/eco-hab/

Portal provides open source, RFID-based system for automated measurement and analysis of social preference and in-cohort sociability in mice. System was developed by Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology scientists.

Proper citation: Eco-HAB (RRID:SCR_021588) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/oculomatic-eye-tracking/

Project related to investigate mechanisms of oculomotor behavior.Included system is provided by New York University scientists to track eye movement.System includes camera module, lens, IR-Light source, mounting solution, data acquisition device, and general purpose PC. System consists of open source software and modular hardware solution to eye tracking for use in humans and non-human primates.

Proper citation: Oculomatic Eye Tracking project (RRID:SCR_021465) Copy   

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https://github.com/scimemia/M-Track

Software toolbox for automated detection of forepaw trajectories in mice.Open source code to simultaneously track movement of individual paws during spontaneous grooming episodes and walking in multiple freely behaving mice/rats.

Proper citation: M-Track (RRID:SCR_021508) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/moving-wall-box-mwb/

Portal provides Moving Wall Box system used to testing strategy task where mouse is repeatedly forced to jump over small ice by slowly moving walls whereby presence of animal is automatically sensed via balances and analyzed by microcontroller board which in turn controls movements of walls. Device provided by Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry scientist. Used for repeated assessment of fear coping strategies.

Proper citation: Moving Wall Box (RRID:SCR_021559) Copy   

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https://github.com/sgoldenlab/simba

Open source software toolkit for computer classification of complex social behaviors in experimental animals.

Proper citation: Simple Behavior Analysis (RRID:SCR_021413) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/3doc/

Project related to animals learned perform action in order to achieve reward. Fully 3D printable chamber able to perform operant conditioning using off-the-shelf, low-cost optical and electronic components, that can be reproduced rigorously in any laboratory equipped with 3D printer.

Proper citation: 3DOC (RRID:SCR_021547) Copy   

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

Open source video recording system for acquiring video data that is scalable, flexible, and affordable.Utilizes Raspberry Pi (RPi) miniature computer and 8-megapixel Camera Board that allows for greater manipulation of recording parameters. System may be accessed on GitHub.

Proper citation: Pi-based Remote Acquisition Technology for Motion Capture project (RRID:SCR_022325) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/modular-led-displays/

Provides customized display systems used in neuroscientific studies in insects and other small animals. System includes custom built modular LED panels and software. LED panels of various sizes can be arranged/grouped in different shapes for diverse setups. System provides millisecond refresh, precise synchronization, customizable color combinations, and varied display configurations and addresses most technical challenges of small animal vision experiments and is thoroughly documented for replicability.

Proper citation: Modular LED Displays project (RRID:SCR_022704) Copy   

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

Software package for MATLAB that makes motion correction, segmentation, signal extraction and dimension reduction, analysis, and visualization of calcium imaging data easy to implement. Open source toolbox for analysis of calcium imaging data.

Proper citation: EZcalcium (RRID:SCR_022354) Copy   

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

Software Python toolbox that makes fiber photometry data analysis intuitive and light on programming.Used to measure neural activity of freely behaving animals.

Proper citation: GuPPy (RRID:SCR_022353) Copy   

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https://github.com/crtwomey/paws

Statistical software platform for automated scoring of pain in mice.Software R package takes paw trajectory data in response to stimulus and provides automated scoring of pain.

Proper citation: Pain Assessment at Withdrawal Speeds (RRID:SCR_022350) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/neuroethology-tools/

Software Python pipeline for automated detection, pose estimation, and behavior classification in socially interacting mice.Used for pose estimation and behavior quantification in pairs of freely behaving mice.

Proper citation: Mouse Action Recognition System (RRID:SCR_022347) Copy   

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

Project related to tracking behavior. Used to identify subgroups of individuals that differentially attribute incentive value to food cue. Includes apparatus for studying Pavlovian conditioned approach behavior. Customized rat PavCA chambers are constructed based on modular devices purchased from Med-Associates. Code used to operate equipment and collect data was written using Med-Associates’ MEDSTATE programming language. This program is then loaded into Med-PC V operating program, also created by Med-Associates.

Proper citation: PavCA project (RRID:SCR_022508) Copy   

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

Software pipeline for video analysis. Deep learning Swiss knife for behavioral data analysis.Performs segmentation, identification, pose-estimation and classification of complex behaviour. Used for analysis of behavior of multiple animals in complex environments.

Proper citation: SIPEC (RRID:SCR_022364) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/timed-pressure-control/

System uses Arduino microcontroller to control relay module that operates solenoid valve which all sit in 3D printed housing. Solenoid works in conjunction with flowmeter regulator to allow for controlled flow of pressurized air into target. Timing of distensions is controlled via either custom Python based UI, or by triggered TTL pulse.Timed pressure control hardware and software used for delivery of air mediated distensions in animal models.

Proper citation: Timed pressure control hardware and software for delivery of air mediated distensions in animal models (RRID:SCR_022363) Copy   

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

Software tool as multi subject keypoint detection library for real time pose estimation.Used to track behavior of monkeys in natural environments, without disrupting their typical pattern of behavior. Deep learning software system for body, face, hands, and foot estimation in monkeys.

Proper citation: OpenPose (RRID:SCR_022362) Copy   

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

Open source animal tracking software tool. Used to visually track movement of multiple animals at once.

Proper citation: TRex (RRID:SCR_022361) Copy   

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

Software tool enables closed loop behavioral experiments using deep learning based markerless, real time posture detection.Closed loop behavioral experiment toolkit using pose estimation of body parts.

Proper citation: DLStream (RRID:SCR_022359) Copy   

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https://github.com/LINCellularNeuroscience/VAME

Software Python tool to cluster behavioral signals obtained from pose estimation tools. Unsupervised probabilistic deep learning framework capable of finding behavioral motifs in pose estimation data. Capable of augmenting quantitative behavioral analyses of data derived from standard pose-estimation software packages. Written based on core functions from DeepLabCut, and readily works with pose data from that package. Can also work with data from other pose estimation packages such as SLEAP.

Proper citation: Variational Embedding of Animal Motion (RRID:SCR_022477) Copy   

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

Open source software package to support rt-fMRI via data in formats generated by Siemens, Philips, and GE. Used to support real time functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Proper citation: Pyneal (RRID:SCR_022333) Copy   

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