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Behavioral Assessment of Manual Dexterity in Non-Human Primates

Article DOI: 10.3791/3258-v • 16:01 min • November 11th, 2011
November 11th, 2011 •
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1Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg
* These authors contributed equally

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As manual dexterity is a prerogative mainly of primates, behavioral tasks have been developed in macaque monkeys. Four reach and grasp prehension tasks, measuring hand manipulation ability and force, allow to establish functional recovery after a lesion of the central nervous system and to test the effect of a treatment.

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Behavioral Assessment Manual Dexterity Non-human Primates Corticospinal Tract Motor Ability Small Objects Manipulation Lesion Motor Cortical Areas Cervical Cord Lesion Hand Paralysis Tetraplegic Hemiplegic Patients Functional Recovery Therapeutic Strategies Cell Therapy Inhibitory Axonal Growth Molecules Growth Factors Feasibility Efficacy Security Treatment Central Nervous System Rodents Macaque Monkeys
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