Assessing Complex Movement Behaviors in Rodent Models of Neurological Disorders.

•This report describes four specific examples of Force-Plate Actimeter (FPA) analysis of behavior.•FPA analysis captures and quantifies specific features of behavioral movement phenotypes.•Examples include nociceptive, circling, place preference, and small complex behaviors.•FPA analysis is powerful and useful in quantifying minute details of motor behaviors.•FPA analysis greatly expands the scope and detail of preclinical behavioral phenotyping.