Comparison of two methods for quantitative assessment of unrestrained locomotion in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-207

  Majczyński, Henryk ^a   Maleszak, Katarzyna ^a,b   Górska, Teresa ^a   Sławińska, Urszula ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contact electrodes; Electromyography; Gait analysis; Rat; Unrestrained locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 34249913930     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.02.023     Document Type: Article

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