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ArticleMolecular pain

Machine learning-based automated phenotyping of inflammatory nocifensive behavior in mice.

Janine M Wotton, Emma Peterson, Laura Anderson, Stephen A Murray, Robert E Braun, Elissa J Chesler, Jacqueline K White, Vivek Kumar

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Article in Molecular pain. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Deep Learning-Based Quantification of Spontaneous Pain Behaviours in Mice.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026
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  10. Single-Cell RNA Sequencing with Spatial Transcriptomics of Cancer Tissues.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  11. Pleiotropy data resource as a primer for investigating co-morbidities/multi-morbidities and their role in disease.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2022
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  13. Impact of Dose, Sex, and Strain on Oxaliplatin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Mice.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Janine M WottonThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1899-9452
Emma PetersonThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
Laura AndersonThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
Stephen A MurrayThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
Robert E BraunThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
Elissa J CheslerThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
Jacqueline K WhiteThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.
Vivek KumarThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6643-7465
Jackson Laboratory · US

Funding

The Jackson Laboratory Knockout Mouse Production and Phenotyping Project (JAX KOMP2)UM1OD023222 · OD · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI ROBERT E BRAUN, Stephen A Murray · 2016 to 2026
$47.2M
Application of Machine Vision to Determine the Influence of Sleep States and Social Interactions on Vulnerability to Drug AddictionR21DA048634 · NIDA · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI KUMAR, VIVEK · 2019 to 2020
$468k
NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA048634NIH HHS UM1 OD023222
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery and development of new and potentially nonaddictive pain therapeutics requires rapid, yet clinically relevant assays of nociception in preclinical models. A reliable and scalable automated scoring system for nocifensive behavior of mice in the formalin assay would dramatically lower the time and labor costs associated with experiments and reduce experimental variability. Here, we present a method that exploits machine learning techniques for video recordings that consists of three components: key point detection, per frame feature extraction using these key points, and classification of behavior using the GentleBoost algorithm. This approach to automation is flexible as different model classifiers or key points can be used with only small losses in accuracy. The adopted system identified the behavior of licking/biting of the hind paw with an accuracy that was comparable to a human observer (98% agreement) over 111 different short videos (total 284 min) at a resolution of 1 s. To test the system over longer experimental conditions, the responses of two inbred strains, C57BL/6NJ and C57BL/6J, were recorded over 90 min post formalin challenge. The automated system easily scored over 80 h of video and revealed strain differences in both response timing and amplitude. This machine learning scoring system provides the required accuracy, consistency, and ease of use that could make the formalin assay a feasible choice for large-scale genetic studies.

Indexed as

Machine LearningAlgorithmsAnimalsAutomationBehavior, AnimalFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNociceptionReproducibility of ResultsVideo Recordingautomated behavior recognitioncomputer visionFormalin nociception assaylicking behaviormachine visionneural network

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PMID32955381
PMCPMC7509709
OpenAlexW3087722312

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