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Assaying Locomotor Activity to Study Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Parameters in Drosophila
Published on: September 28, 2010
[Method for analysis and measurement of behavior. Application to total nocturnal activity of the rat]
Abstract:
A long behavior period, as the night activity of rats is transcribed in two graphs which are described by eight parameters. All these parameters are stable for the same animal, but five of them have a few variations between different rats. The behavior changes then appear to be quantifiable.

