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Locomotor activity monitoring has proved a very convenient method for the identification of rhythmicity and the investigation of drug effects on such behaviour patterns. In addition/ the technique is extremely useful in the development and evaluation of psychoactive drugs. Locomotor activity experiments are relatively easy to perform and allow the monitoring of rhythms or drug effects over long periods of time.
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Marshall, R.W., Sparks, M.G., Davies, J.A. (1985). A Microcomputer System for Long-term Monitoring and Analysis of Locomotor Activity. In: Redfern, P.H., Campbell, I.C., Davies, J.A., Martin, K.F. (eds) Circadian Rhythms in the Central Nervous System. Satellite Symposia of the IUPHAR 9th International Congress of Pharmacology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07837-0_28
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