A simple, computer-assisted system for measuring latencies of contact placing.
A system for measuring the latencies of two components of contact placing, limb withdrawal and landing, is described. Timing functions are performed by a microcomputer, which also records and displays the latencies, and summarizes the data. Procedures for testing contact placing are also described, and data collected from morphine-treated, Long-Evans hooded rats are presented.
D000818:Animals; D003201:Computers; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007699:Kinesthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D009020:Morphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects; D012018:Reflex / Q000187:drug effects
D009020:Morphine