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Characterization of the parallel rod floor apparatus to test motor incoordination in mice.
Genes, brain, and behavior - 1 Jun 2005
Kamens H M, Phillips T J, Holstein S E, Crabbe J C
Abstract excerpt
Impairment of motor coordination, or ataxia, is a prominent effect of alcohol ingestion in humans. To date, many models have been created to examine this phenomenon in animals. Evidence suggests that the tasks thought to measure this behavior in mice actually measure different components of this complex trait. We have characterized the parallel rod floor apparatus to quantify ethanol-induced motor incoordination....
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