A multipurpose activity platform utilized in the open-field setting |
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Authors: | H. P. Pfister R. R. Mudge A. O. Harcombe |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
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Abstract: | An automated multipurpose activity platform (MAP) that can be used to measure activity in the horizontal plane is described. Detection of the position of a small-bodied animal is based on completion of an electronic circuit in one or several cells of a 21 by 21 matrix below the floor. The MAP is constructed on the basis of an 11 by 11 matrix, but, through electronic averaging, operates functionally on the basis of a 21 by 21 matrix. The MAP has no built-in data storage facility and needs to be interfaced with a recording system. The system has been successfully utilized in measuring open-field activity of the rats. |
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