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AnimalTA : A Step-by-Step Tutorial

Chiara, Violette LU and Kim, Sin Yeon (2025) In Methods in Molecular Biology 2915. p.315-331
Abstract

Tracking animal displacement on video recording is a frequently used method in ethology, behavioral ecology, and neuroscience to characterize animal behavior in an automated and objective way. We propose here a quick-start tutorial of AnimalTA, a video tracking program, which aims to provide a free, open-source, and user-friendly tool for the scientific community. The strength of this software resides in its adaptability to various video-recording conditions, the possibility to run analysis and extract personalized data, and its simplicity of use.

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Animal behavior, Open-source, Software, Trajectory analysis, User-friendly, Video tracking
host publication
Olfactory Receptors : Methods and Protocols - Methods and Protocols
series title
Methods in Molecular Biology
editor
Simoes De Souza, Fabio Marques and Ma, Ming
volume
2915
edition
2nd
pages
17 pages
publisher
Humana Press Inc.
external identifiers
  • pmid:40249496
  • scopus:105003706896
ISSN
1940-6029
1064-3745
ISBN
978-1-0716-4466-9
978-1-0716-4465-2
DOI
10.1007/978-1-0716-4466-9_16
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English
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  booktitle    = {{Olfactory Receptors : Methods and Protocols}},
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  keywords     = {{Animal behavior; Open-source; Software; Trajectory analysis; User-friendly; Video tracking}},
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  publisher    = {{Humana Press Inc.}},
  series       = {{Methods in Molecular Biology}},
  title        = {{AnimalTA : A Step-by-Step Tutorial}},
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