Bar test

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-001112",
  "term": "Bar test",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A catalepsy test in which a mouse is set on a horizontal bar roughly 2.5 cm above the ground and the time it stays motionless is recorded. Remaining immobile for more than 20 seconds is typically taken to indicate catalepsy. The same bar can also serve to evaluate motor coordination.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "tetrad test"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 851 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/bar-test/"
}