Motion analysis with animals

Ramazani et al. 2007 Computer automated movement detection for the analysis of behavior. J. Neurosci. Methods 162 (1-2): 171-179. Pubmed Link

In this paper, we describe most of the scripts. New scripts will be added to this site as they appear.

These scripts work as is or with minor modifications on MacOSX, Windows and Linux.

ImageMagick provides the image analysis capabilities. Perl provides a way to automate ImageMagick so that motion can be analyzed.

We have used these scripts to monitor drug responses and even circadian rhythms in flies.

Steps.

1. Install ImageMagick.

2. Down load the perl scripts. These should work in any all or most linux/Unix variants.