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Experimental Assessment of Mouse Sociability Using an Automated Image Processing Approach
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Experimental Assessment of Mouse Sociability Using an Automated Image Processing Approach

Experimental Assessment of Mouse Sociability Using an Automated Image Processing Approach

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May 15, 2016

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10.3791/52508-v

DOI:
10.3791/52508-v

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1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Frank Reidy Center for Bioelectrics,Old Dominion University, 2Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences,Eastern Virginia Medical School

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This protocol describes a method to quantify mouse sociability. Mice are videotaped as they move and interact in a special cage. Movie processing allows for the automated quantification of sociability with excellent accuracy and reliability.

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Varghese, F., Burket, J. A., Benson, A. D., Deutsch, S. I., Zemlin, C. W. Experimental Assessment of Mouse Sociability Using an Automated Image Processing Approach. J. Vis. Exp. (111), e52508, doi:10.3791/52508 (2016).

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