Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Environment

Long-term Video Tracking of Cohoused Aquatic Animals: A Case Study of the Daily Locomotor Activity of the Norway Lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Jose A. Garcia^*1,2, Valerio Sbragaglia^*3,4, David Masip¹, Jacopo Aguzzi²

¹Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, ²Institute of Marine Sciences, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), ³Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), ⁴Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

Here we present a protocol to individually track animals over a long period of time. It uses computer vision methods to identify a set of manually constructed tags by using a group of lobsters as case study, simultaneously providing information on how to house, manipulate, and mark the lobsters.

Neuroscience

Randomized, Triple-Blind, and Parallel-Controlled Trial of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Cognitive Rehabilitation after Stroke

Begoña González Rodríguez^*1,2,3, Elena M. Marrón^*4,5, Marcos Ríos-Lago^1,6,7, Aida Arroyo Ferrer⁸, Yeray González-Zamorano⁹, Francisco José Sánchez Cuesta⁸, David De Noreña¹, Juan Pablo Romero^1,8

¹Brain Damage Unit, Fundación Hospitalarias Madrid, ²International doctoral school, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), ³Departamento Posgrado Psicología, Faculty of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, ⁴Faculty of Health Sciences, NeuroADaS Lab, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, ⁵UNNE Institute of Neuroestimulation, ⁶Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), ⁷Department of Neuropsychology, NeuronUP, ⁸Faculty of Experimental Sciences, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, ⁹Department of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitation, and Physical Medicine, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

This study presents a novel transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) protocol combined with cognitive stimulation to address post-stroke hemispatial neglect. Initial data from a pilot patient ensure the procedure's feasibility and suggest potential efficacy, providing a foundation for a future parallel, triple-blind, controlled clinical trial.