Automated acoustic detection of mouse scratching.

Itch is an aversive somatic sense that elicits the desire to scratch. In animal models of itch, scratching behavior is frequently used as a proxy for itch, and this behavior is typically assessed through visual quantification. However, manual scoring of videos has numerous limitations, underscoring...

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Main Authors: Peter Elliott, Max G'Sell, Lindsey M Snyder, Sarah E Ross, Valérie Ventura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5497976?pdf=render