ratPASTA

R-based Awesome Toolbox for Platform for Acoustic STArtle

ratPASTA is a package used for processing and visualising data from startle experiments in rodents or experiments measuring grip strength in rodents. The input data for this package is created with a PASTA solution (Platform for Acoustic STArtle), described in detail here:

Virag, D., Homolak, J., Kodvanj, I., Babic Perhoc, A., Knezovic, A., Osmanovic Barilar, J., & Salkovic-Petrisic, M. (2020). Repurposing a digital kitchen scale for neuroscience research: a complete hardware and software cookbook for PASTA. BioRxiv, 2020.04.10.035766. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.10.035766

Using the same platform for measuring grip strength in rodents is described here:

Homolak, J., Virag, D., Kodvanj, I., Matak, I., Babic Perhoc, A., Knezovic, A., Osmanovic Barilar, J., Salkovic-Petrisic, M. (2020). griPASTA: A hacked kitchen scale for quantification of grip strength in rodents. BioRxiv, 2020.07.23.217737. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.23.217737

Installation

Install ratPASTA from CRAN:

install.packages("ratPASTA")

…or install ratPASTA from Github:

install_github("ikodvanj/ratPASTA")

Features

Package includes the following functions:

  • loadStartleData() - loads and merges all pasta files (startle data)
  • basicStartlePlot() - creates a time-series plot
  • startlePlot() - returns several plots
  • summariseStartle() - returns a mathematical summary of the data
  • latencyPlot() - creates a list with two latency plots
  • loadgriPASTA() - loads and merges all pasta files (gri strength experiments)
  • griPASTA() - analysis of grip strength experiments data loaded with loadgriPASTA().

Instructions

For instructions on how to use this package read the vignette.

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install.packages('ratPASTA')

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June 2nd, 2021

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