EthoVision: a versatile video tracking system for automation of behavioral experiments

LPJJ Noldus, AJ Spink, RAJ Tegelenbosch - Behavior Research Methods …, 2001 - Springer
The need for automating behavioral observations and the evolution of systems developed
for that purpose is outlined. Video tracking systems enable researchers to study behavior in …

The neuropharmacological and neurochemical basis of place learning in the Morris water maze

RK McNamara, RW Skelton - Brain Research Reviews, 1993 - Elsevier
The Morris water maze (MWM) offers several advantages over other methods of studying the
neurochemical basis of learning and memory, particularly with respect to its ability to …

Selective corticosteroid antagonists modulate specific aspects of spatial orientation learning.

MS Oitzl, ER De Kloet - Behavioral neuroscience, 1992 - psycnet.apa.org
Receptors for mineralocorticoids (MRs) and glucocorticoids (GRs) display a high
concentration and distinct distribution in the hippocampus. The effects of corticosteroids on …

Calcium-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity is critical for hippocampus-dependent long-term memory and late phase LTP

ST Wong, J Athos, XA Figueroa, VV Pineda… - Neuron, 1999 - cell.com
It is hypothesized that Ca 2+ stimulation of calmodulin (CaM)–activated adenylyl cyclases
(AC1 or AC8) generates cAMP signals critical for late phase LTP (L-LTP) and long-term …

The EthoVision video tracking system—a tool for behavioral phenotyping of transgenic mice

AJ Spink, RAJ Tegelenbosch, MOS Buma… - Physiology & behavior, 2001 - Elsevier
Video tracking systems enable behavior to be studied in a reliable and consistent way, and
over longer time periods than if they are manually recorded. The system takes an analog …

Computerised video tracking, movement analysis and behaviour recognition in insects

LPJJ Noldus, AJ Spink, RAJ Tegelenbosch - Computers and Electronics in …, 2002 - Elsevier
The need for automating behavioural observations and the evolution of systems developed
for that purpose are outlined. Automatic video tracking systems enable behaviour to be …

Cerebellar contribution to spatial event processing: Morris water maze and T‐maze

L Petrosini, M Molinari… - European Journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, a cognitive function of cerebellar networks has been challenging the traditional
view of the cerebellum as a motor control centre. Among the cognitive abilities reported to be …

Place navigation in rats with unilateral tetrodotoxin inactivation of the dorsal hippocampus: place but not procedural learning can be lateralized to one hippocampus.

AA Fenton, J Bures - Behavioral neuroscience, 1993 - psycnet.apa.org
Lateralization of the Morris water maze task was examined by injecting 5 ng of tetrodotoxin
(TTX) into 1 dorsal hippocampus (HPC) of chronically cannulated rats (n= 20). The task …

Olfactory bulbectomy temporarily impairs Morris maze performance: an ACTH (4–9) analog accellerates return of function

IMS van Rijzingen, WH Gispen, BM Spruijt - Physiology & behavior, 1995 - Elsevier
Rats with a bilateral lesion of the olfactory bulb are permanently anosmic. However, this
lesion also produces nonspecific behavioral effects that recover over time. In this study …

Non-corticotropic ACTH peptides modulate nerve development and regeneration

FL Strand, SJ Lee, TS Lee, LA Zuccarelli… - Reviews in the …, 1993 - degruyter.com
Short peptide sequences of ACTH 1-39 (the ACTH 4-9 analog Org 2766, ACTH 4-10 and its
analog BIM 22015, and ACTH 1-13 [a-MSH]), which do not stimulate the adrenal cortex …