BioDaq Food and Water Intake Monitor
The BioDaq Food and Water Intake Monitor allows food and water levels in each rodent cage to be measured at all times. This gives greater temporal resolution to food and water intake data, compared to data obatined through manual weighing.
Purpose
This code organises the excel output files from the BioDaq Food and Water Intake Monitor into time bins.
It can also group the time binned data by individual stats and animals.
Preview of the graphical user interface
Input and output data
Install Anaconda Navigator.
Open Anaconda Prompt (on Mac open terminal and install X-Code when prompted).
Download this repository to your home directory by typing in the line below.
git clone https://github.com/Andrews-Lab/Intake_monitor_time_bins.git
Change the directory to the place where the downloaded folder is.
cd Intake_monitor_time_bins
Create a conda environment and install the dependencies.
conda env create -n IMTB -f Dependencies.yaml
Open Anaconda Prompt (on Mac open terminal).
Change the directory to the place where the git clone was made.
cd Intake_monitor_time_bins
Activate the conda environment.
conda activate IMTB
Run the codes.
python Intake_monitor.py
View the guide about how to analyse your intake monitor data.
Author:
Harry Dempsey (Andrews lab and Foldi lab)
Credits:
Nikita Bajaj, Sarah Lockie, Zane Andrews
About the labs:
The Lockie lab studies how hunger signalling in the brain drives mood-related behaviour, memory, motivation and metabolism in mouse models of disease.
The Andrews lab investigates how the brain senses and responds to hunger.
The Foldi lab investigates the biological underpinnings of anorexia nervosa and feeding disorders.