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Rodent Arena Tracker (RAT): A Machine Vision Rodent Tracking Camera and Closed Loop Control System

Jonathan Krynitsky, Alex A. Legaria, Julia J. Pai, Marcial Garmendia-Cedillos, Ghadi Salem, Tom Pohida and Alexxai V. Kravitz
eNeuro 13 April 2020, 7 (3) ENEURO.0485-19.2020; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0485-19.2020
Jonathan Krynitsky
2Signal Processing and Instrumentation Section, Office of Intramural Research, Center for Information Technology (CIT), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814
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Alex A. Legaria
4Department of Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO 63110
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Julia J. Pai
4Department of Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO 63110
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Marcial Garmendia-Cedillos
2Signal Processing and Instrumentation Section, Office of Intramural Research, Center for Information Technology (CIT), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814
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Ghadi Salem
2Signal Processing and Instrumentation Section, Office of Intramural Research, Center for Information Technology (CIT), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814
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Tom Pohida
2Signal Processing and Instrumentation Section, Office of Intramural Research, Center for Information Technology (CIT), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814
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Alexxai V. Kravitz
1National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
3Departments of Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, and Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0485-19.2020
PubMed 
32284342
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History 
  • Received November 20, 2019
  • Revision received March 30, 2020
  • Accepted March 31, 2020
  • Published online April 13, 2020.
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Copyright © 2020 Krynitsky et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

Author Information

  1. Jonathan Krynitsky2,
  2. Alex A. Legaria4,
  3. Julia J. Pai4,
  4. Marcial Garmendia-Cedillos2,
  5. Ghadi Salem2,
  6. Tom Pohida2 and
  7. Alexxai V. Kravitz1,3
  1. 1National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
  2. 2Signal Processing and Instrumentation Section, Office of Intramural Research, Center for Information Technology (CIT), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814
  3. 3Departments of Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, and Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110
  4. 4Department of Neuroscience, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis MO 63110
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Alexxai V. Kravitz at alexxai{at}wustl.edu.
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  1. Author contributions: A.V.K. designed research; A.V.K. performed research; A.V.K. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; A.V.K. analyzed data; A.V.K. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and Center for Information Technology) and by the Brain and Behavioral Research Foundation (National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Young Investigator; A.V.K.).

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eNeuro 13 April 2020, 7 (3) ENEURO.0485-19.2020; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0485-19.2020

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eNeuro 13 April 2020, 7 (3) ENEURO.0485-19.2020; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0485-19.2020
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