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Experimental Principle
The beam balance test is used to test the balance ability, muscle strength and motor coordination of mice. The size of the balance beam is usually a round beam with a length of 1 m and a diameter of 17 mm or a square beam with a width of 14 mm. One side of the balance beam was placed in a black square box, and the experimental animals were placed on the other side of the balance beam. The motor coordination and balance ability of the experimental animals were assessed by the time and number of slips through the balance beam into the black square box within 60 S.
Experimental Flow
The beam balance test is favored by many researchers because of its simple device, short test period and reliable results. The whole experiment was divided into a training period and a testing period, which lasted for three days.
- Training period
On the first day, mice were allowed to enter the black square box through the balance beam, and each mouse was trained at 2-hour intervals for a total of 3 times.
Repeat the same steps from the first day.
- Testing period
Experimental animals through the balance beam to reach the small dark box, record the time to reach the dark box and the number of slippage, If they failed to reach the small wooden box time recorded as 60s.
