Cineradiographic (video X-ray) analysis of skilled reaching in a single pellet reaching task provides insight into relative contribution of body, head, oral, and forelimb movement in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-247

  Alaverdashvili, Mariam ^a   Leblond, Hugues ^b   Rossignol, Serge ^b   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone and joint motion; Cineradiography X ray analysis; Motor system; Movement analysis; Skilled reaching and upper extremities

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; FORELIMB; HEAD MOVEMENT; INCISOR; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETON; SKILL; SPINAL CORD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEAD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; MOUTH; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 46249131084     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.04.013     Document Type: Article

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