Modified Beam Walking Apparatus Sweiss Et Al. 2016

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○ Integration of motor co-ordination tasks and anxiety-like behavior is important to asses brain injury in rodents that impact performance on both the tasks

○ Sweiss et al. (2016) proposed a modified walking beam to achieve the integration of these two tasks

○ The modified beam-walking (MBW) apparatus has an added platform to support a darkened safe box

○ Safe box made with semicircular opening of approximately 15 cm diameter for easy entry. Painted black to mimic enclosed arms of an Elevated plus maze

○ Rat is placed on the end of the beam opposite the safe box to measure motor latency to cross the beam as a motor task performance