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<journal-id>1390-6712</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Maskay]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Maskay]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1390-6712</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1390-67122018000100027</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24133/maskay.v8i1.773</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Implementación de sistemas evaluadores de conducta ansiolítica en ratones de laboratorio utilizando procesamiento digital de imágenes]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Implementation of anxiety evaluation systems in laboratory mice using digital image processing]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Moreno]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[David]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pazmiño]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan José]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guerra]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mariela]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pilco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gisela]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zabala]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mónica]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo ESPOCH Facultad de Informática y Electrónica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Riobamba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>8</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>27</fpage>
<lpage>34</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1390-67122018000100027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1390-67122018000100027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1390-67122018000100027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En la actualidad existen varias técnicas para evaluar la conducta ansiolítica en animales de laboratorio, debido a que su comportamiento es muy similar al del ser humano, dichas técnicas incluyen métodos manuales y visuales, donde el evaluador debe observar atentamente todo el experimento y documentar cada uno de los eventos de interés realizados por el ratón, o a su vez adquirir equipos electrónicos que cumplan esta función, sin embargo, esta alternativa podría ser demasiado costosa. El presente artículo plantea el diseño e implementación de dos equipos evaluadores de ansiedad de bajo costo (Laberinto en Cruz Elevada y Cuarto Claro Obscuro) mediante procesamiento digital de imágenes, los mismos que después de la validación del funcionamiento entrega resultados de manera automática a través de una aplicación desarrollada en Matlab. Los resultados brindados por la aplicación coinciden con aquellos que un observador obtendría de forma manual y visual, lo que facilita las labores del evaluador y reduce notablemente los posibles errores humanos y de ambigüedad existentes en las pruebas manuales.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Currently there are several techniques to evaluate anxiolytic behavior in laboratory animals, since their behavior is very similar to that of humans, such techniques include manual and observational methods, where the evaluator must carefully observe the entire experiment and document each one of the events of interest made by the mouse, or in turn acquire electronic equipment that fulfill this function. However, the last option could be expensive. This article proposes the design and implementation of two low cost anxiety assessment devices (Elevated Plus Maze and Light-Dark Box) using digital image processing, which after the validation of the operation delivers results automatically through an application developed in Matlab. The results provided by the application coincide with those that an observer would obtain manually and visually, facilitating the tasks of the evaluator and reducing the possible human errors and ambiguity existing in manual tests.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></kwd>
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