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Customizable Open-Source Rotating Rod (Rotarod) Enables Robust Low-Cost Assessment of Motor Performance in Mice

Josephine H. Widjaja, Douglas C. Sloan, Joseph A. Hauger and Brian S. Muntean
eNeuro 6 September 2023, 10 (9) ENEURO.0123-23.2023; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0123-23.2023
Josephine H. Widjaja
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912
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Douglas C. Sloan
1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912
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Joseph A. Hauger
2Department of Chemistry and Physics, College of Science and Mathematics, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912
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1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0123-23.2023
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37673671
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History 
  • Received April 18, 2023
  • Revision received June 8, 2023
  • Accepted June 16, 2023
  • Published online September 6, 2023.
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Copyright © 2023 Widjaja et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Josephine H. Widjaja1,
  2. Douglas C. Sloan1,
  3. Joseph A. Hauger2 and
  4. Brian S. Muntean1
  1. 1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912
  2. 2Department of Chemistry and Physics, College of Science and Mathematics, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Brian S. Muntean at bmuntean{at}augusta.edu.
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  1. Author contributions: J.H.W., D.C.S., J.A.H., and B.S.M. designed research; J.H.W. and D.C.S. performed research; J.H.W. and B.S.M. analyzed data; J.H.W., J.A.H., and B.S.M. wrote the paper.

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  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This work was supported by institutional funds from Augusta University (Medical College of Georgia, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology).

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