Video recording system for the measurement of eyelid movements during classical conditioning of the eyeblink response in the rabbit
| Autor: | Vlastislav Bracha, K. Irwin, Gary Zenitsky, W. Nilaweera |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Eye Movements genetic structures Video Recording Video camera Fixation Ocular law.invention law Image Processing Computer-Assisted Reaction Time medicine Animals Computer vision Corneal reflex Simulation Blinking Video capture business.industry General Neuroscience Classical conditioning Eye movement Conditioning Eyelid Sagittal plane Associative learning medicine.anatomical_structure Eyeblink conditioning Computer-Aided Design Rabbits Artificial intelligence Psychology business Software |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 125:173-181 |
| ISSN: | 0165-0270 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0165-0270(03)00053-0 |
| Popis: | Classical conditioning of the eyeblink response in the rabbit is a popular model for studying the neural substrates of associative learning. Most of the common eyeblink recording techniques require invasive procedures. To perform experiments in intact animals, a non-invasive, high-speed video recording system was developed to measure eyeblink responses of rabbits during classical conditioning experiments. Besides being non-invasive, this method does not require excessive restraint of the animal. The PC-based system combines a Pulnix video camera with National Instruments video capture and timing hardware to control the experiment and acquire images of the peri-ocular region. The software developed for controlling these experiments also detects the eyeblink by measuring the movement of the upper and lower eyelids, the area of the exposed surface of the eye, and head movements in the sagittal plane. The time resolution of this relatively inexpensive system is 8.33 ms, and at a working distance of 0.8 m, it can detect movements as small as 0.11 mm. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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