CAPTUREing Whole-Body 3D movements

(Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology) Neuroscientists have made major advances in their quest to study the brain; however, there are no tools to precisely measure the brain's principal output -- behavior -- in freely moving animals. Researchers at Harvard University present CAPTURE, a new method for long-term continuous three-dimension motion tracking in freely behaving animals. Attaching markers to rats' head, trunk, and limbs, researchers can use CAPTURE to record the animal's natural behavior continuously for weeks.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news