TY - GEN
T1 - Development of experimental setup to create novel mental disorder model rats using small mobile robot
AU - Ishii, Hiroyuki
AU - Shi, Qing
AU - Masuda, Yuichi
AU - Miyagishima, Syunsuke
AU - Fumino, Syogo
AU - Takanishi, Atsuo
AU - Okabayashi, Satoshi
AU - Iida, Naritoshi
AU - Kimura, Hiroshi
AU - Tahara, Yu
AU - Hirao, Akiko
AU - Shibata, Shigenobu
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - The number of patients with mental disorders is increasing in advanced countries. Many researchers are working to develop mental disorder model animals that contribute to development of new psychotropic drugs. However, we have some doubts about conventional mental disorder models. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop an experimental setup to create novel mental disorder model animals. We then developed a small mobile robot and a control system for the robot. Using them, we performed an experiment to develop a mental disorder model rat. In the experiment, we succeeded in developing a new depression model rat and also high activity model rat. These disorder models must be useful in the screening of new psychotropic drugs. In addition, the methodology we developed in this research will contribute to clarifying mechanisms of mental disorders.
AB - The number of patients with mental disorders is increasing in advanced countries. Many researchers are working to develop mental disorder model animals that contribute to development of new psychotropic drugs. However, we have some doubts about conventional mental disorder models. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop an experimental setup to create novel mental disorder model animals. We then developed a small mobile robot and a control system for the robot. Using them, we performed an experiment to develop a mental disorder model rat. In the experiment, we succeeded in developing a new depression model rat and also high activity model rat. These disorder models must be useful in the screening of new psychotropic drugs. In addition, the methodology we developed in this research will contribute to clarifying mechanisms of mental disorders.
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U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2010.5649764
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2010.5649764
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78651521298
SN - 9781424466757
T3 - IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 3905
EP - 3910
BT - IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings
T2 - 23rd IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010
Y2 - 18 October 2010 through 22 October 2010
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