Abstract

Evaluating the behavior of mice and rats has substantially contributed to the progress of research in many scientific fields. Researchers commonly observe recorded video of animal behavior and manually record their observations for later analysis, but this approach has several limitations. The authors developed an automated system for tracking and analyzing the behavior of rodents that is based on radio frequency identification (RFID) in an ultra-high-frequency bandwidth. They provide an overview of the system’s hardware and software components as well as describe their technique for surgically implanting passive RFID tags in mice. Finally, the authors present the findings of two validation studies to compare the accuracy of the RFID system versus commonly used approaches for evaluating the locomotor activity and object exploration of mice.

Autore Pugliese

• Catarinucci Luca , Patrono Luigi , Mainetti Luca

Tutti gli autori

• CATARINUCCI L. , COLELLA R. , MAINETTI L. , PATRONO L. , PIERETTI S. , SECCO A. , SERGI I.

Titolo volume/Rivista

LAB ANIMAL

Anno di pubblicazione

2014

ISSN

0093-7355

ISBN

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Numero di citazioni Wos

Nessuna citazione

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

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Numero di citazioni Scopus

7

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

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Codici ASJC

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