TopView Analysis for Various Tasks

Open Field
Elevated-Plus/Zero Maze
Morris Water Maze
Conditional Place Preference
Hole-Board Test
Dark-Light Box
Drug Effect
Social Interaction
Aggression
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Y-/T-/Radial-Arm Maze
Novelty Seeking
Active / Passive Avoidance
Barnes Maze
Corner Test
Stereotypic Behavior
Head-Twitch Response
Social Preference
Tube-Test

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TopScan

TopScan is a general purpose Top‐view based behavior analysis system and was the first to use animal body parts (since 2002) to provide the most accurate behavior analysis results possible. It is applicable to a wide range of experiments, from the most basic animal tracking task to more complicated tasks such as Novel Object Recognition requiring precise detection of the nose of the animal exploring an object. TopScan Suite is an extendable framework that comprises 4 separate products – LocoScan, ObjectScan, MazeScan and WaterMazeScan. Any or all of those 4 product combinations may be purchased. Additional functionalities for integration into TopScan include Circling, Flat‐back approach, Grooming, Drug Effect (Head-Waving, Darting, Locomotor/In-Place/Immobile), Head-Twitch Response, Social Behavior (Interaction, Partner Preference, etc.), Aggression, Tube Test etc.

Behavior Test/Paradigms:

Detected Behaviors.

Key Features

Results:

Open Field
Light/Dark Box
Elevated Plus Maze
Elevated Zero Maze
Barnes Maze
Hole-Board
Y-Maze/T-Maze
Corner Test
Rearing
Grooming
Circling
Head-Twitching
Darting(Drug Effect)
Cross Over
Head-Dipping
Social Interaction
Tube-Test
And many more!

Zone Visits
Speed
Body Elongation
Dist To Point(s)
Orientation To Point
Motion
Body Cross Area
And many more!

High-Throughput capability
Real-time or offline
Support 4-Point None-Linear Calibration handling Distortion in slanted shooting angel case
Detailed statistics about events that occurred during the experiment
Automated Binned Data Output
Event Filtering and Combination
Automatic Graphing and Charting included!
Result review, Visualization of Acquired Experiments
Batch-mode allows user to run multiple videos successively without human intervention
Flexible Architecture allow user define own event and measures
Click-n-Play Event Review and Validation
Easy Integration and Sync with 3rd party (e.g. physiology) systems
Powerful Result Post Processing and Export Mechanism.

Objective Behavior analyzing Results
Automatic Export to Excel or general CSV with support of 3rd party Spreadsheet Software (e.g., LibreOffice, WPS)
Complete Experiment Database Management
Summary of All Occurred Events, Times of occurrence, Duration, Latency, occurrence, various measures during occurrence
Binned data at user-defined bin intervals

Active / Passive Avoidance / Shuttle Box
Conditional Place Preference
Morris Water Maze
Radial-Arm Maze
Novelty-Seeking / Object Recognition / Sniffing
Odor Recognition / Preferences
Spray Test
Thermal Gradient Test
Attentional Set Shift
Head-Waving (Drug Effect)
Locomotor/In-Place/Immobile
Stretch-Attend Posture
Operant Conditioning
Social Preference
Social Recognition
Aggression

%Body In
Moving Distance
Turning Angle
Dist To Area
Orientation To Line
Thigmotatic Behaviors
Turning (Water Maze)

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Advanced Behavioral Insights

TopScan delivers automated, high-precision behavioral analysis that removes manual scoring bias for neuroscience labs. By utilizing body-part tracking, it captures granular data across diverse paradigms including circadian rhythms and social interactions. This platform empowers researchers with the high-fidelity longitudinal evidence required for drug discovery, streamlining preclinical compliance through objective and reproducible results.

Tech Details

• Platform: Win 11/10

• Software: TopScan

• Hardware: Various Devices

Publications(partial)

Aron, L., Ngian, Z.K., Qiu, C. et al. Lithium deficiency and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Nature 645, 712–721 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09335-x.
Tian Z, Song J, Zhao X, Zhou Y, Chen X, Le Q, Wang F, Ma L, Liu X. The interhemispheric amygdala-accumbens circuit encodes negative valence in mice. Science. 2024 Nov 8;386(6722):eadp7520. doi: 10.1126/science.adp7520. Epub 2024 Nov 8. PMID:39509508.
Escamilla CO, Filonova I, Walker AK, Xuan ZX, Holehonnur R, Espinosa F, Liu S, Thyme SB, López-García IA, Mendoza DB, Usui N, Ellegood J, Eisch AJ, Konopka G, Lerch JP, Schier AF, Speed HE, Powell CM. Kctd13 deletion reduces synaptic transmission via increased RhoA. Nature. 2017 Nov 9;551(7679):227-231. doi: 10.1038/nature24470. Epub 2017 Nov 1. PMID: 29088697; PMCID: PMC5787033.
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Our technology represents the industry benchmark for automated behavior testing. Scientific teams across the globe have published findings based on Clever Sys tech, adhering to strict preclinical compliance protocols while ensuring the highest level of data integrity and objectivity within prestigious international journals.

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