Quantification of gait parameters in freely walking rodents

BMC Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mendes, César S ^a,d   Bartos, Imre ^b   Márka, Zsuzsanna ^b   Akay, Turgay ^c   Márka, Szabolcs ^b   Mann, Richard S ^a  

^a Columbia University Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GAIT; MOUSE; SOFTWARE; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OPTICAL IMAGING; SOFTWARE; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 84937720982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-015-0154-0     Document Type: Article

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