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Characterising behavioural phenotypes using image analysis
Reference
BIO10484
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Chris Taylor
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Dr Patrick Courtney
Institution
The University of Manchester
Department
Medical and Human Sciences
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
171,530
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/03/1999
End date
01/09/2002
Duration
42 months
Abstract
The aim of the project is to automate the analysis of videotaped studies of rodent behaviour. Systematic behavioural studies have become important in creating animal models of psychiatric and neurological disorders and their response to pharmacological agents. Recent advances in mouse genetics have created a similar and pressing need to characterise the behavioural phenotypes of transgenic mice - functional genomics. Current methods for automating the analysis do not allow for the degree of detailed description required to make subtle distinctions between patterns of behaviour - consequently most studies involve observation and manual recording. We plan to use model-based image analysis methods to track one or more animals reliably and to recognise distinctive postures that can help to differentiate behavioural states.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Not funded via Committee
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
Bioinformatics (Phase 2) (BIO) [1998-2000]
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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