Parallel Rod Floor Apparatus

Footfaultscan parallel rod test apparatus.

Parallel rod floor apparatus. Adapted from the apparatus first described and developed by drs. The software also includes more than 100 standard measures and performs full statistical analysis of results immediately upon completion of the experiment. The software can track as many as 16 parallel rod floor tests simultaneously. The software also includes more than 100 standard measures and performs full statistical analysis of results immediately upon completion of the experiment.

The floor consists of a series of parallel stainless steel rods 1 6 mm in diameter with an inter rod spacing of 6 mm from the edge of one. You have free access to this content. Kamens and crabbe the parallel rod floor test is a new model. This test was performed using the parallel rod floor apparatus stoelting europe as described previously 30.

Characterization of the parallel rod floor apparatus to test motor incoordination in mice characterization of the parallel rod floor apparatus to test motor incoordination in mice kamens h. Briefly the instrument floor consisted of a series of parallel steel rods a. 2005 06 01 00 00 00 impairment of motor coordination or ataxia is a prominent effect of alcohol ingestion in humans. 1 foot slips which are measured by a touch sensor underneath the parallel rod floor and 2 locomotor activity measured by video analysis from the top.

A variant of this test is the parallel rod floor apparatus in which the floor is composed of parallel steel rods kamens et al 2005. The parallel rod floor test the parallel rod floor test is designed for assessing the effects of drugs brain damage and disease on motor coordination and fatigue and is ideal for use with knockout and transgenic mice. Motor coordination and balance is also evaluated by the. Photograph of the testing chamber with floor d.

The parallel rod floor apparatus is assembled as follows. The parallel rod floor apparatus. The clear acrylic plastic test box sits on top of the parallel rod floor which sits 1 cm above the stainless steel base plate.