Age differences in locomotor behavior of C57BL/6NNia mice: a data management approach.
Separate age groups of C57BL/6NNia mice were tested for within- and between-session habituation of locomotor behavior using a Digiscan System for simultaneous automated gathering of 23 locomotor variables. A computer program, Raw Data Input Program (RDIP) was developed for the reformatting and transfer of raw data samples to a spreadsheet/database management system, and a method for summarization, analysis and presentation of the multivariate data is described. It is concluded that large samples of multivariate locomotor activity data can be effectively managed using a single microcomputer and commercially available software packages.
Forster
M J
MJ
Department of Pharmacology, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth 76107-2690.
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods*; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008838:Microcomputers; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D012984:Software