Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 14 November 2006 - At Neuroscience 2006, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), three papers were presented on behavioral patterns discovered with the Theme software. This fits a trend of increasing interest for Theme in neuroscience research.

The papers presented dealt with very diverse topics:

• Bonasera, S.; Schenk, K.; Tecott, L. (2006). T-patterns sequential analysis to quantify route tracing locomotor stereotypic behavior. [Abstract] 
• Nicol, A.; Magnusson, M.; Kendrick, K. (2006). Odor encoding in complex sequences: multielectrode array studies in the olfactory bulb. [Abstract]
• Lyon, M.; Li, J.; Morgan, T.; Nunez, E. (2006). Theoretical relationship of prefrontal dopaminergic stimulation and mental illness to Theme time patterns in musical compositions by Haydn, Bach, Mozart, and Schumann. [Abstract]

Bonesera et al. found that Theme was a promising tool for behavioral phenotyping of rodents, in their study based on EthoVision tracking data. Nicol et al. demonstrated that the patterns of neurons firing in brain tissue directly reflected olfactory information processing. Lyon et al. discovered that the numbers and variation of patterns in classical music were consistent with psychiatric conditions of the composers.

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