AUTOMATED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS METHOD OF LABORATORY ANIMAL BASED ON TWO-POINT EXTRACTION METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automated behavioral analysis method of a laboratory animal for labelling two or more different regional points of the laboratory animal by a marker and for evaluating change of distance among the regional points by image analysis and a device for the purpose.;SOLUTION: This invention is especially an automated behavioral analysis method for licking in a formalin test and the device for the purpose, the laboratory animal is a rat and the regional points are defined as two points such as the mouth and legs.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO