This study presents protocols for two semi-automated locomotor activity analysis approaches in C. elegans complex I disease gas-1(fc21) worms, namely, ZebraLab (a medium-throughput assay) and WormScan (a high-throughput assay) and provide comparative analysis among a wide array of research methods to quantify nematode behavior and integrated neuromuscular function.
Lavorato, M., Mathew, N. D., Shah, N., Nakamaru-Ogiso, E., Falk, M. J. Comparative Analysis of Experimental Methods to Quantify Animal Activity in Caenorhabditis elegans Models of Mitochondrial Disease. J. Vis. Exp. (170), e62244, doi:10.3791/62244 (2021).