自动化运动活动测试评估ability of a test drug to interfere with normal motor functioning after acute administration. These tests may be conducted as part of the safety pharmacology evaluation of a drug and may provide relevant information about behavioral similarities of a test drug relative to known drugs of abuse.

Spontaneous locomotor activity is a useful parameter reflecting physical and mental status of experimental research models.

在专门设计的环境中测量了运动活动，这些环境从一个周围的一侧投影红外线梁。Each time a research model moves within its environment, it breaks the beam, allowing a computer to record the time and position.