Zebrafish video tracking

Tools for

Zebrafish video tracking

Video tracking is the ideal tool for zebrafish behavior studies. Social interaction tracking, anxiety-like behavior, exploration, swimming patterns, or just general activity, all is easily measured in both adults and larvae with EthoVision XT video tracking and additional tools such as DanioVision or aquatic mazes.

Tools for Zebrafish video tracking
 

What is video tracking?

Video tracking means that the software is able to detect the zebrafish in a video file or from a live video feed, distinguish it from its background, and track its whereabouts and movements. It tracks and analyzes the behavior, movement, and activity of zebrafish. Video tracking technology is versatile and enough to be very useful in many different behavioral tests.

EthoVision XT, the most widely applied video tracking software, has been around for more than 25 years, and during these years it has evolved from video tracking software into a software platform, designed to be at the core of your lab. 

 
 


Neurobiology and behavior

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The zebrafish has become an important vertebrate model to study (developmental) neurobiology and behavior, not in the least because of recent improvements in transgenic, optogenetic and imaging techniques, and behavioral assays.

Toxicology

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To protect human health, wildlife, and the environment, the effects of naturally occurring and synthetic contaminants need to be monitored. In particular, mechanisms through which toxins cause disease are often poorly understood. Zebrafish are valuable in these types of studies for many reasons.

Translational research

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Researchers have unraveled the molecular basis of many human disorders, and a very large part (over 80 percent) of the genes we know to be associated with human disease (e.g. Parkinson’s and addiction) have homologues in zebrafish.

 


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Tools for zebrafish research

We have a wide range of tools for all kinds of behavioral tests for zebrafish. From software to measure activity, heartbeat, and flow in embryos and larvae, to video tracking the movement of adults in several learning, anxiety, or social behavior paradigms.

Does Noldus have the right tool for your research facility? Fill in the form to schedule a free online demonstration of our system, or download our product overview!

 
 


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Zebrafish and learning paradigms

Zebrafish have become an important animal model for studying neurodegenerative diseases. In validation of these models, both pathologically and behaviorally, many standardized paradigms have been translated from rodent models to zebrafish.

Download the white paper and learn more about zebrafish and learning paradigms.

 


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EthoVision XT | Premium video tracking

The world's most used video tracking tool, as well as a software platform to build your set-up on. Video tracking essentially means that EthoVision XT recognizes your zebrafish (adult or larva) from a live video feed or video file and is able to track its movement or activity.

 
 


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DanioVision | Controlled testing environment

The complete system designed for experiments with zebrafish larvae. It is for anybody performing research in drug development, safety pharmacology, behavioral genetics, circadian rhythmicity and related research areas.

 
 


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DanioScope | Cardiovascularity and morphology

The premier software tool to investigate a scope of zebrafish embryo and larvae parameters. It includes features to measure embryo activity, cardiovascular measurements, morphology, and gut and blood flow.

 
 


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Track3D | Three dimensional video tracking

A video-based system for automated tracking of animals in a three-dimensional space. It allows the researcher to record the movement of an animal in a test chamber, visualize the resulting trajectory in a three-dimensional image and calculate a number of movement parameters.

 
 


Customer quote

"Our Noldus EthoVision is awesome. We use it to track zebrafish larvae in live time."

Danielle Tomasello, Ph.D.|via SelectScience

 



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4 Facts about zebrafish and zebrafish larvae

4 Facts about zebrafish and zebrafish larvae

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How to measure complex exploratory behavior in larval zebrafish

How to measure complex exploratory behavior in larval zebrafish

Behavioral tests as the open field may overlook complex patterns of behavior. Today our guest bloggers explain about a new set-up for zebrafish larvae.
 
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