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The Structure of Skilled Forelimb Reaching in the Rat: A Movement Rating Scale

Article DOI: 10.3791/816-v • 12:07 min • August 8th, 2008
August 8th, 2008 •
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1Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge

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The skilled reaching scale divides the movement by a forelimb in a reach for food act into composite elements each of which are evaluated with a three-point scale. The rating scale is described for a normal rat and can be applied toward evaluating neurological motor disorders.

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