Vertical ground reaction force measurements and video measurements provide comparable estimates of distance moved by mice during artificial light and dark periods

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-108

  Rantalainen, T ^a,b   Silvennoinen, M ^b   Kainulainen, H ^b   Sievanen H ^c,d  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^d UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Background subtraction; Physical activity; Spontaneous; Texture

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GROUND REACTION FORCE; LIGHT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MOVEMENT TRACKING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL GROUND REACTION FORCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; VIDEO RECORDING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79953034484     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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