pastaWRAP

pastaWRAP is a Python wrapper for R-based Awesome Toolkit for PASTA, more commonly known as ratPASTA - an R package used for processing and visualising data from startle experiments in rodents or experiments measuring grip strength in rodents. Currently, pastaWRAP only supports ratPASTA functionality for startle experiments, with plans for adding griPASTA (grip strength test) functionality wrapping at a later date. 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