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Nanyang Technological University

An Innovative Running Wheel-based Mechanism for Improved Rat Training Performance

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07:51 min

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September 19th, 2016

DOI :

10.3791/54354-v

September 19th, 2016

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Chi-Chun Chen¹, Chin-Lung Yang², Ching-Ping Chang³^,⁴

¹Department of Electronic Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, ²Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, ³Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, ⁴Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center

Summary

This study presents an innovative running wheel-based animal mobility system to quantify an effective exercise activity in rats. A rat-friendly testbed is built, using a predefined adaptive acceleration curve, and a high correlation between the effective exercise rate and the infarct volume suggests the protocol's potential for stroke prevention experiments.

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