Continual monitoring of reaching in rat using magnetic induction law.
A method enabling the continual monitoring of movement has been developed based on the law of magnetic induction. The method was concretely applied in the handedness model of the rat. A sensing loop was implanted under the forearm skin of a rat. Electric voltage was induced by the movement of the sensing loop in a DC magnetic field. This voltage is proportional to the movement velocity and its polarity to the direction. The continuous character of the movement record allows convenient analysis and a more exact correlation with the bioelectric concomitants of the movement.
Mihalik
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Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
Saling
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D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005552:Forelimb; D009043:Motor Activity; D051381:Rats