Development of an affordable hi-resolution activity monitor system for laboratory animals

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 479-483

  Teicher, Martin H ^a   Andersen, Susan L ^a   Wallace, Paul ^a   Klein, Diane A ^a   Hostetter, Jack ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Amphetamine; Behavior; Infrared; Monitor; Spatial scaling; Temporal scaling

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030006909     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0091-3057(95)02277-5     Document Type: Article

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