MATSAP

Automated Analysis of Stretch-attend Posture

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MATSAP detects the ethological behavior in rodents known as stretch-attend posture (SAP) from an overhead projected video, thus it's name MATSAP (MATLAB + SAP). The current version conducts offline analysis of recorded videos in multi-TIFF format. For a more comprehensive description please see our publication:
Holly, K. S., Orndorff, C. O., & Murray, T. A. (2016). MATSAP: An automated analysis of stretch-attend posture in rodent behavioral experiments. Scientific Reports, 6, 31286. doi:10.1038/srep31286
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep31286.

Cite As

Kevin Holly (2026). MATSAP (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/58412-matsap), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.1.0.0

Fixed bug that occurred when tracking darker rodents.

1.0.0.0

Added pp_call.m file that was missing from zip file.

Provided link to our publication in description.

Holly, K. S., Orndorff, C. O., & Murray, T. A. (2016). MATSAP: An automated analysis of stretch-attend posture in rodent behavioral experiments. Scientific Reports, 6, 31286. doi:10.1038/srep31286
Added brief description of MATSAP and MATSAP Threshold Optimizer within code, so it shows up on highlight reel.