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ArticleFrontiers in behavioral neuroscience2017

Kinoscope: An Open-Source Computer Program for Behavioral Pharmacologists.

Nikolaos Kokras, Dimitrios Baltas, Foivos Theocharis, Christina Dalla

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Article in Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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Nikolaos KokrasDepartment of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensAthens, Greece.
Dimitrios BaltasDepartment of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensAthens, Greece.
Foivos TheocharisDepartment of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensAthens, Greece.
Christina DallaDepartment of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of AthensAthens, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Behavioral analysis in preclinical neuropsychopharmacology relies on the accurate measurement of animal behavior. Several excellent solutions for computer-assisted behavioral analysis are available for specialized behavioral laboratories wishing to invest significant resources. Herein, we present an open source straightforward software solution aiming at the rapid and easy introduction to an experimental workflow, and at the improvement of training staff members in a better and more reproducible manual scoring of behavioral experiments with the use of visual aids-maps. Currently the program readily supports the Forced Swim Test, Novel Object Recognition test and the Elevated Plus maze test, but with minor modifications can be used for scoring virtually any behavioral test. Additional modules, with predefined templates and scoring parameters, are continuously added. Importantly, the prominent use of visual maps has been shown to improve, in a student-engaging manner, the training and auditing of scoring in behavioral rodent experiments.

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behavioral pharmacologycomputer programelevated plus mazeforced swim testnovel object recognitionscoring behavior

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PMID28553211
PMCPMC5427106

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