Gathering Self-Initiated Rat Behavioral Data to Characterize Post-Stroke DeficitsJared Armshaw *1, Grayson Butcher *1, April Becker 1
1Department of Behavior Analysis, College of Health and Public Service, University of North Texas
A system for acquiring data from self-initiated individual behavior sessions within a social colony cage setting is presented. The efficacy of this system is demonstrated using an automated skilled reach assessment, enabling the characterization of post-stroke motor impairments, potential behavioral alterations related to motivation, circadian variations, and other innovative dependent variables.
