Title: motor activity
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - motor activity
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11883
Status: current

Definition
Physical activity and performance of an animal.

Note
In performance tests, locomotor or ambulatory activity refers to the linear movement of an animal, whereas ambulatory and rearing movements together are referred to as total activity.

Related Term
- rearing: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12042

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 882 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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Citation: Citation: 'motor activity' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11883
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