EthoVision XT 7.0

EthoVision XT is a video tracking and behavior analysis platform developed by Noldus Information Technology B.V. It automates the measurement of animal movement and activity in laboratory studies, supporting real-time and offline analysis from single or multiple arenas. The software accommodates a wide range of species, including rodents, fish, and insects, and is used across behavioral neuroscience, pharmacology, and toxicology research.

Key capabilities include:

• Accurate tracking of subjects with center-point and body-point detection
• Quantification of distance, velocity, immobility/freezing, time-in-zone, and zone entries
• Configurable zones and events for automated scoring
• Multi-arena and multi-subject tracking for higher throughput
• Visualizations such as path plots and heatmaps
• Batch processing and robust data export to common formats for downstream statistics
• Integration with external hardware (e.g., lights, sounds, pumps) for closed-loop control and automated stimulus delivery via I/O interfaces

Common applications include open-field testing, elevated plus maze, Morris water maze, novel object recognition, social preference/interaction assays, and many other learning, memory, and anxiety paradigms. EthoVision XT helps laboratories obtain objective, reproducible behavioral data while streamlining experiment setup, acquisition, and analysis.

EthoVision XT is developed by Noldus Information Technology bv. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 5.0 and 7.0. The name of the program executable file is ethovision.exe.