Paw and limb use in skilled and spontaneous reaching after pyramidal tract, red nucleus and combined lesions in the rat: Behavioral and anatomical dissociations

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 167-183

  Whishaw, Ian Q ^a   Gorny, Bogden ^a   Sarna, Justyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food handling; Lesions; Pyramidal tract; Rat; Red nucleus; Red nucleus lesions; Rubrospinal tract; Skilled movements; Spontaneous food handling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; RUBROSPINAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXTREMITIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND STRENGTH; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RED NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032102281     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(97)00152-6     Document Type: Article

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