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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/homecage-2bottle-choice/

Project related to studies of liquid ingestive behaviors used in neuroscience to investigate reward related behavior, metabolism, and circadian biology. Provides automated home cage sipper device for monitoring liquid ingestive behavior in rodents developed by Washington University, St. Louis scientists. Homecage fitted apparatus for automated, photobeam based detection of licks in two bottle choice task.

Proper citation: Automated Home Cage Rodent Two bottle Choice Test project (RRID:SCR_021445) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/syringe-pump/

Open source syringe pump apparatus developed by scientists from Michigan Technological University. Syringe pump is designed using freely available open source computer aided design (CAD) software and manufactured using open source RepRap 3-D printer and readily available parts.

Proper citation: Pearce Lab Syringe Pump project (RRID:SCR_021566) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/pasta/, https://github.com/ikodvanj/ratPASTA/

Project related to multifunctional neurobehavioral system developed by scientists at University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia.System includes hardware and software tools.Provides software package for processing and visualising data from startle experiments in rodents or experiments measuring grip strength in rodents.

Proper citation: Platform for Acoustic STArtle project (RRID:SCR_021446) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/operant-box-auditory-tasks-obat/

Portal provides operant box designed to train small primates in auditory tasks.Device is based on computer and Arduino Mega 2560 board, named OBAT (Operant Box for Auditory Tasks), designed to present two different auditory stimuli to small primates.All schematics and software source code are available.

Proper citation: Operant Box for Auditory Tasks project (RRID:SCR_021564) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/robucket/

Portal for open source operant chamber, based on Arduino microcontroller platform, that can be used to train mice to respond for reward. Designed by NIDDK scientists.Apparatus contains two nose pokes, drinking well, and solenoid controlled sucrose delivery system. Chamber can run magazine training, fixed ratio and progressive ratio training schedules, and can be programmed to run more complicated behavioral paradigms.

Proper citation: Rodent Operant Bucket project (RRID:SCR_021565) Copy   

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https://github.com/flatironinstitute/CaImAn

Open source software tool for scalable calcium imaging data analysis. Used for large scale calcium imaging analysis, including movie handling, motion correction, source extraction, spike deconvolution and result visualization.

Proper citation: Calcium Imaging data Analysis (RRID:SCR_021533) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/locowhisk/

Portable behavioural set up that incorporates both gait analysis (using pedobarograph) and whisker movements (using high speed video camera and infrared light source).Automatically records both whisker and gait information and provides added statistical tools to analyse data. LocoWhisk system includes ARTv2 software for simultaneous measurement of locomotion behaviours and whisker movements.

Proper citation: LocoWhisk project (RRID:SCR_021430) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/openfeeder/

Project related to studying reward and feeding behavior. Provides open source automatic feeding system that can be customized for food types from seeds to pellets.System integrates plexiglass tubes, Arduino Uno, motor driver, and piezo sensor to reliably deliver accurate amounts of food, and can also be built using 3D printed parts.

Proper citation: OpenFeeder (RRID:SCR_021552) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/tonebox-system-automated-auditory-operant-conditioning/

Project related to auditory behavioral task data collection.Provided high throughput operant conditioning in mouse homecage system was developed by University of Maryland,College Park, scientists.Automated system for training up to hundreds of mice in auditory behavioral task features custom Matlab GUI running on desktop which connects to Raspberry Pi to administer auditory stimuli from USB soundcard and collects auditory data as well as licking data from water spout with commercially available capacitive sensors. Parts list and build instructions are readily available from paper and associated GitHub repository.

Proper citation: ToneBox (RRID:SCR_021548) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/cap-touch-sensor/

Project related to accurately counting and monitoring the behavior of organisms.Provides open source capacitive touch sensing system.Capacitive sensors are positioned to readily detect direct physical touches from rodent under investigation. Device,designed around capacitive touch sensor MPR121,accurately counts and monitors behavior of organisms.

Proper citation: Capactive Touch Sensor project (RRID:SCR_021486) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/2abt/

Project related to training mice on task that requires continued updating of action/outcome relationships. Behavioral project includes task protocol and corresponding build instructions.Open source behavioral box used to train mice on task that requires continued updating of action/outcome relationships. Permits investigation of motivated behavior that requires flexible relationships between sensory stimuli and motor action. Project provided by Harvard Medical School scientists.

Proper citation: Two Armed Bandit Task project (RRID:SCR_021483) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/finchscope/

Project related to fluorescent imaging. Provides single photon fluorescent imaging microscope systems. System includes modular in vivo all optical neurophysiology rigs with transparent hardware, and acquisition and analysis software.Provide designs for 3D printed, lightweight, wireless capable microscope and motorized commutator, designed for multi month monitoring neural activity of zebra finches while they sing their courtship songs. Adapted for rodents and birds such as canaries.

Proper citation: FinchScope project (RRID:SCR_021484) Copy   

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https://edspace.american.edu/openbehavior/project/ucla-miniscope/

Project related to fluorescence imaging to record neural activity in awake, freely behaving mice.Provided system is developed by UCLA scientists. Miniscope system includes Miniscope with single, flexible coaxial cable to carry power, control signals, and imaging data to open source Data Acquisition hardware and software. Open source miniature fluorescence microscope uses wide-field fluorescence imaging to record neural activity in awake, freely behaving mice.

Proper citation: UCLA Miniscope project (RRID:SCR_021480) Copy   

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https://github.com/cMadan/stl-toolbox

Software toolbox for visualizing and quantifying movement from pre-recorded videos.Used for summarizing animal movement data as single image ( spectral time lapse algorithm) as well as automate analysis of animal movement data.

Proper citation: Quantifying Animal Movement from Pre-recorded Videos (RRID:SCR_021515) Copy   

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https://github.com/ikodvanj/ratPASTA/

Software package for processing and visualising data from startle experiments in rodents or experiments measuring grip strength in rodents.

Proper citation: Platform for Acoustic STArtle (RRID:SCR_021516) Copy   

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https://github.com/kscottz/SkinnerBox

Software tool for data logging and analysis.

Proper citation: Skinner Box (RRID:SCR_021514) Copy   

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https://github.com/ratcave/ratcave

Software 3D graphics python package for cognitive psychology experiments. Open source, cross platform Python library that adds 3D stimulus support to all OpenGL-based 2D Python stimulus libraries. These libraries include VisionEgg, Psychopy, Pyglet, and PyGam.

Proper citation: Ratcave (RRID:SCR_021599) Copy   

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https://github.com/bonsai-rx/bonsai

Software tool as event based framework for processing and controlling data streams. Open source software tool as visual language for reactive programming.Used for composing reactive and asynchronous data streams coming from video cameras, microphones, electrophysiology systems or data acquisition boards.

Proper citation: Bonsai (RRID:SCR_021512) Copy   

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https://github.com/cortex-lab/Rigbox

Open source software MATLAB toolbox for running behavioral neuroscience experiments and managing data.Used for probing neurons and behavior. Used for managing behavioral neuroscience experiments and acquiring experiment related data.

Proper citation: Rigbox (RRID:SCR_021517) Copy   

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https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-cpp

Software tool for real time processing of electrophysiological data.

Proper citation: MNE Scan (RRID:SCR_021530) Copy   

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