11631 IUPAC Gold Book - bar test 10.1351/goldbook.11631 11631 current 1 Test for catalepsy in which a mouse is placed on a bar oriented parallel to and approximately \(\pu{2.5 cm}\) off the ground. Typically, if the mouse remains immobile on the bar for more than 20 seconds, it is considered to be cataleptic. The test can also be used for evaluating motor coordination. tetrad test https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12132 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) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11631/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11631/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11631/plain Citation: 'bar test' 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.11631 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-28T16:54:40+00:00