Fear conditioning and other learning tasks in rodents are typical in a wide range of studies, including neuropharmacological studies. A typical reaction to the expectation of an aversive stimulus or situation in rodents is a behavior described as freezing.
Video tracking and fear conditioning
So why should you use EthoVision XT in your fear conditioning tasks? Well, first of all, EthoVision XT is excellent at detecting freezing. Second, the integrated analysis view is the most intuitive way to see the results of the automatic detection, so you can see what your data looks like. There are many more reasons to use EthoVision XT, but don’t just take our word for it, watch the video below to see what one of our customers has to say!