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Automated Rat Single-Pellet Reaching with 3-Dimensional Reconstruction of Paw and Digit Trajectories
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Automated Rat Single-Pellet Reaching with 3-Dimensional Reconstruction of Paw and Digit Trajectories

Automated Rat Single-Pellet Reaching with 3-Dimensional Reconstruction of Paw and Digit Trajectories

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07:52 min

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July 10, 2019

DOI:

10.3791/59979-v

DOI:
10.3791/59979-v

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07:52 min
July 10, 2019

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1Neuroscience Graduate Program,University of Michigan, 2Department of Neurology,University of Michigan, 3Department of Biomedical Engineering,University of Michigan, 4Department of Neurology,VA Ann Arbor Health System

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Rodent skilled reaching is commonly used to study dexterous skills, but requires significant time and effort to implement the task and analyze the behavior. We describe an automated version of skilled reaching with motion tracking and three-dimensional reconstruction of reach trajectories.

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Bova, A., Kernodle, K., Mulligan, K., Leventhal, D. Automated Rat Single-Pellet Reaching with 3-Dimensional Reconstruction of Paw and Digit Trajectories. J. Vis. Exp. (149), e59979, doi:10.3791/59979 (2019).

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