Motor Activity and Movement Disorders

Research Issues and Applications

AvPaul Sanberg,Klaus-Peter Ossenkopp

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Beskrivning

In Motor Activity and Movement Disorders thirteen state-of-the-art articles explicate forefront research methodologies for measuring and interpreting motor activity in animals, as well as their applications to preclinical and clinical research involving motor disorders.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-02-27
Mått:152 x 229 x 22 mm
Vikt:566 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contemporary Neuroscience
Antal sidor:370
Förlag:Humana Press Inc.
ISBN:9781475759150

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...provides some useful information on the complexities of a range of tests that are used to study motor behavior, primarily in rats... -Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Innehållsförteckning

I: Basic Research Issues.- 1. Long-Term Habituation of ?-Related Activity Components of Albino Rats in the Làt Maze.- 2. Tonic Immobility as a Model of Extreme States of Behavioral Inhibition: Issues of Methodology and Measurement.- 3. Circadian Organization of Locomotor Activity in Mammals.- 4. Sex Differences in Rodent Spontaneous Activity Levels.- 5. Automated Video-Image Analysis of Behavioral Asymmetries.- 6. Automated Methods of Measuring Gnawing Behaviors.- II: Preclinical Research.- 7. The Catalepsy Test: Is a Standardized Method Possible?.- 8. Computer-Assisted Video Assessment of Dyskinetic Movements.- 9. The Computer Pattern Recognition System for Study of Spontaneous Behavior of Rats: A Diagnostic Tool for Damage in the Central Nervous System?.- 10. Circling Behavior in Rodents: Methodology, Biology, and Functional Implications.- 11. Asymmetrical Motor Behavior in Animal Models of Human Diseases: The Elevated Body Swing Test.- 12. Measuring Spontaneous Turning Behaviors in Children and Adults.- 13. Clinical Assessment of Motor Abnormalities in Tourette’s Syndrome.