A Low-cost Method for Analyzing Seizure-like Activity and Movement in DrosophilaBryan Stone 1, Brian Burke 1, Joseph Pathakamuri 1, John Coleman 2, Daniel Kuebler 1
1Department of Biology, Franciscan University of Steubenville, 2Department of Computer Science, Franciscan University of Steubenville
Using a webcam and a combination of free and inexpensive software programs, locomotive patterns in Drosophila melanogaster can be analyzed to detect differences in the speed, distance, and time of various motor activities.
