A novel method for automatic quantification of psychostimulant-evoked route-tracing stereotypy: application to Mus musculus

摘要

Rationale Route-tracing stereotypy is a powerful behavioral correlate of striatal function that is difficult to quantify. Measurements of route-tracing stereotypy in an automated, high throughput, easily quantified, and replicable manner would facilitate functional studies of this central nervous system region.