title: Rats and mice share common ethologically relevant parameters of exploratory behavior.
abstract: Detailed studies of rat exploratory behavior reveal that it consists of typical behavior patterns having a distinct structure. Recently we have developed interactive software that uses as input the automatically digitized time-series of the animal's location for the visualization, analysis, capturing and quantification of these patterns. We use this software here for the study of BALB/cJtau mouse behavior. The results suggest that a considerable number of rat patterns are also present in the mouse. These ethologically-relevant patterns have a significant potential as a phenotyping tool.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kafkafi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Benjamini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Elmer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Golani
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D005010:Ethology; D005106:Exploratory Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000235:genetics; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D016011:Normal Distribution; D010641:Phenotype; D051381:Rats; D012984:Software; D013045:Species Specificity; D014741:Video Recording