A novel automated rat catalepsy bar test system based on a RISC microcontroller

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-83

  Alvarez Cervera, Fernando J ^a   Villanueva Toledo, Jairo ^a   Moo Puc, Rosa E ^a   Heredia López, Francisco J ^a   Alvarez Cervera, Margarita ^b   Pineda, Juan C ^a   Góngora Alfaro, José L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE MÉRIDA   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electronic; Haloperidol; Method; PIC 16C65; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; CATALEPSY; CATALEPSY BAR TEST SYSTEM; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; FATIGUE; FUNCTION TEST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROCOMPUTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; RAT; REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; CATALEPSY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ELECTRONICS; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 20144380826     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2005.01.018     Document Type: Article

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