Hyperlocomotion Test for Assessing Behavioral Disorders.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) January 1, 2018 Dan Ma, Paul C Guest
Nutrition during pregnancy can affect offspring behavior later in life. This paper describes a protocol for the hyperlocomotion test, which measures behavioral symptoms resembling psychosis or mania. The example uses rats given an acute injection of phencyclidine (PCP), which causes hyperlocomotion and stereotypic behaviors similar to positive symptoms of schizophrenia.