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SUBMITTER: Bova A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7416789 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bova Alexandra A Kernodle Krista K Mulligan Kaitlyn K Leventhal Daniel D
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE 20190710 149
Rodent skilled reaching is commonly used to study dexterous skills, but requires significant time and effort to implement the task and analyze the behavior. Several automated versions of skilled reaching have been developed recently. Here, we describe a version that automatically presents pellets to rats while recording high-definition video from multiple angles at high frame rates (300 fps). The paw and individual digits are tracked with DeepLabCut, a machine learning algorithm for markerless p ...[more]