JAX Animal Behavior System (JABS): A genetics informed, end-to-end advanced behavioral phenotyping platform for the laboratory mouse.

ABSTRACT: Automated detection of complex animal behavior remains a challenge in neuroscience. Developments in computer vision have greatly advanced automated behavior detection and allow high-throughput preclinical and mechanistic studies. An integrated hardware and software solution is necessary to facilitate the adoption of these advances in the field of behavioral neurogenetics, particularly for non-computational laboratories. We have published a series of papers using an open field arena to annotate complex behaviors such as grooming, posture, and gait as well as higher-level constructs such as biological age and pain. Here, we present our, integrated rodent phenotyping platform, JAX Animal Behavior System (JABS), to the community for data acquisition, machine learning-based behavior annotation

SUBMITTER: Choudhary A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12458957 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature