METHOD FOR INDUCING EPILEPTIC GENERALIZED CONVULSIVE BEHAVIOR OF ANIMAL, APPARATUS FOR RECORDING EPILEPTIC GENERALIZED CONVULSIVE BEHAVIOR OF ANIMAL, METHOD FOR JUDGING BEHAVIOR AND APPARATUS FOR JUDGING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve an inefficient method for observation such as continuous observation of an epileptic generalized convulsive behavior unknown about the time when the behavior is exhibited over a long period and to shorten the time consumed in developing, e.g. an antiepileptic agent and reduce the development cost by the improvement. SOLUTION: Acoustic irritation and mechanical vibration irritation are applied to an animal of the object of observation housed in a cage to thereby induce an epileptic generalized convulsive behavior of the animal. Vibration is recorded and the behavior is analyzed only in a time for applying the acoustic irritation and/or mechanical vibration irritation in the animal subjected to the priming conditioning. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO