A new video path analyzer to monitor travel distance, rearing, and stereotypic movement of rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-43

  Pan, Wynn H T ^a   Lee, Chang Ru ^a   Lim, Lay Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

locomotion; rat; stereotypic movement; travel distance; video path analyzer

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOTYPY; TELEVISION CAMERA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHOLOGY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030561027     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00101-X     Document Type: Article

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