Open AccessEvolution of methods for assessing the motor function of laboratory rodents - neurodegenerative diseases models
Author(s) -
Maria M. Chicheva,
E.V. Vikhareva,
Andrey V. Maltsev,
Aleksey A. Ustyugov
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
biomedical chemistry: research and methods
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2618-7531
DOI - 10.18097/bmcrm00030
Subject(s) - gait , gait analysis , motor function , physical medicine and rehabilitation , set (abstract data type) , function (biology) , computer science , neuroscience , medicine , psychology , biology , evolutionary biology , programming language
This review contains information about different laboratorian rodent′s gait analysis systems. These methods are useful for the assessment of motor function in neurodegenerative models. The following aspects have been considered: ink traces technique, treadmills equipment, and modern gait analysis systems like TreadScan and CatWalk, which allows estimating a set of animals gait parameters. For each technique a detailed description and examples of its use for estimating gait parameters in neurodegenerative diseases are given.