You can control precisely how ANY-maze detects zone entries allowing accurate emulation of rules such as ‘4 paws in the arm’.Ī protocol can include any number of sequences each of which defines a series of movements between different areas (or zones) of the apparatus. Zones can be fixed or moveable, where a moveable zone can adopt different positions for different animals and/or trials.
#Any maze open field behavioral testing plus#
ANY-maze can score many measures for the apparatus as a whole.Ī protocol can include up to 63 discreet zones each of which can consist of any combination of different areas of the apparatus map – in the example shown here, two areas are used to define the open arms zone in the plus maze. This defines the borders of the apparatus and can also be used to divide the interior into discreet areas – see Zones for more about this. For each piece of apparatus you need to draw an apparatus map. You can include anything from 1 to 16 pieces of apparatus in a single experiment and ANY-maze will run tests in all of them simultaneously. Images from any camera can be zoomed and panned using ANY-maze’s digital zoom function. A protocol can include any number of video sources and you can even merge images from two sources if a single camera can’t see an entire piece of apparatus. Alternatively the images can be supplied by a digital video file recorded either in ANY-maze’s own format or in almost any other standard format such as MPEG, DivX, Real, QuickTime, etc. These devices can either be connected directly to your computer, or they can be shared devices connected to another computer on your network. Video sources can capture images from USB web-cams, DV cameras or analogue cameras connected to a digitiser. Once a protocol has been designed it can be saved and used repeatedly in any number of different experiments.Ī video source provides a video picture of your apparatus to ANY-maze. Protocols consists of different elements each of which defines a certain aspect of an experiment. Reports use internet-style links making it easy to navigate through your data to find detailed information.ĪNY-maze can adapt to how you work – for example, you can alter its terminology to match your own.ĪNY-maze is a video tracking system designed to automate testing in a wide range of behavioural apparatus, such as:Įxperiments in ANY-maze are defined by a protocoland it’s the flexibility of protocols which allows the system to be used in so many ways.
You can switch pages at any time simply by clicking a page’s title. Packed with advanced features ANY-maze is one of the most comprehensive video tracking systems available today.ĪNY-maze uses a clean and intuitive design based on web-like pages rather than multiple pop-up windows.Īlmost all functionality in ANY-maze is accessed through five principle pages – Protocol, Experiment, Tests, Results and Data. ANY-maze is a flexible video tracking system designed to automate testing in behavioural experiments.