Unbiased classification of spatial strategies in the Barnes maze

نویسندگان

  • Tomer Illouz
  • Ravit Madar
  • Charlotte Clague
  • Kathleen J. Griffioen
  • Yoram Louzoun
  • Eitan Okun
چکیده

MOTIVATION Spatial learning is one of the most widely studied cognitive domains in neuroscience. The Morris water maze and the Barnes maze are the most commonly used techniques to assess spatial learning and memory in rodents. Despite the fact that these tasks are well-validated paradigms for testing spatial learning abilities, manual categorization of performance into behavioral strategies is subject to individual interpretation, and thus to bias. We have previously described an unbiased machine-learning algorithm to classify spatial strategies in the Morris water maze. RESULTS Here, we offer a support vector machine-based, automated, Barnes-maze unbiased strategy (BUNS) classification algorithm, as well as a cognitive score scale that can be used for memory acquisition, reversal training and probe trials. The BUNS algorithm can greatly benefit Barnes maze users as it provides a standardized method of strategy classification and cognitive scoring scale, which cannot be derived from typical Barnes maze data analysis. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION Freely available on the web at http://okunlab.wix.com/okunlab as a MATLAB application. CONTACT [email protected] information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Bioinformatics

دوره 32 21  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2016