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Long-term Behavioral Tracking of Freely Swimming Weakly Electric Fish

Long-term Behavioral Tracking of Freely Swimming Weakly Electric Fish

DOI:
10.3791/50962-v

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10:56 min

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March 06, 2014

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1Department of Physics,University of Ottawa, 2Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine,University of Ottawa, 3Centre for Neural Dynamics,University of Ottawa

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  • 00:05Title
  • 01:44Aquarium Tank and Isolation Chamber Setup
  • 04:30Synchronized Video Tracking
  • 06:07Automated Image Tracking
  • 08:38Results: Video Tracking of Weakly Electric Fish
  • 09:49Conclusion

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We describe a set of techniques for studying spontaneous behavior of freely swimming weakly electric fish over an extended period of time, by synchronously measuring the animal's electric organ discharge timing, body position and posture both accurately and reliably in a specially designed aquarium tank inside a sensory isolation chamber.

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Keywords: Long-term Behavioral TrackingWeakly Electric FishElectric Organ DischargeReal-time EOD Timing MeasurementUnderwater Infrared ImagingAutomated Tracking SoftwareAquatic Animal Behavior

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