Automatic analysis of altered gait in arylsulphatase A-deficient mice in the open field

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 787-794

  Leroy, Toon ^a   Stroobants, Stijn ^a   Aerts, Jean Marie ^a   D'Hooge, Rudi ^a   Berckmans, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLSULFATASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; GAIT; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT;

ANIMALS; ARYLSULFATASES; FEMALE; GAIT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 68949194678     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.41.3.787     Document Type: Article

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