Skilled forelimb reaching for pasta guided by tactile input in the rat as measured by accuracy, spatial adjustments, and force

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-57

  Ballermann, Mark ^a   Tompkins, Greg ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grasping force; Pasta reaching; Rat motor system; Rat skilled reaching; Skilled reaching; Somatosensation; Tactile discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD; FORCE; FORELIMB; LIMB MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SMELLING; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; MOTOR SKILLS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOUCH;

EID: 0033954857     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00164-3     Document Type: Article

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