We present a camera-based method for automatically quantifying the individual and social
behaviors of fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, interacting in a planar arena. Our system …

Drosophila melanogaster has become a significant model organism for alcohol research. In
flies, a rich variety of behaviors can be leveraged for identifying genes affecting alcohol …

For invertebrates to become useful models for understanding the genetic and physiological
mechanisms of alcoholism related behaviors and the predisposition towards alcoholism …

Methods available for quickly and objectively quantifying the behavioral phenotypes of the
fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, lag behind in sophistication the tools developed for …

Abstract The Open Field (OF) test is one of the most commonly used assays for assessing
exploratory behaviour and generalised locomotor activity in rodents. Nevertheless, the vast …

Background Behavioural neuroscience relies on software driven methods for behavioural
assessment, but the field lacks cost-effective, robust, open source software for behavioural …

Objective The ability to accurately and efficiently quantify mouse locomotor activity is
essential for evaluating therapeutic efficacy and phenotyping genetically modified mice, in …

Operant animal behavioral tests require the interaction of the subject with sensors and
actuators distributed in the experimental environment of the arena. In order to provide user …

The increasing interest in the investigation of social behaviours of a group of animals has
heightened the need for developing tools that provide robust quantitative data. Drosophila …

Negative geotaxis (climbing) performance is a useful metric for quantifying Drosophila
health. Manual methods to quantify climbing performance are tedious and often biased …