Hand shaping in the rat: Conserved release and collection vs. flexible manipulation in overground walking, ladder rung walking, cylinder exploration, and skilled reaching

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-31

  Whishaw, Ian Q ^a   Travis, Scott G ^a   Koppe, Sebastian W ^a   Sacrey, Lori Ann ^a   Gholamrezaei, Gita ^a   Gorny, Bogdan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparisons of limb movements in the rodent; Elements of movement; Evolution of forelimb movement; Evolution of skilled movement; Hand shaping in laboratory tasks; Ladder rung climbing; Ladder rung walking; Limb movements in the cylinder test; Rat limb movements; Sensory control of hand movements; Skilled reaching; Walking movements

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; KINEMATICS; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMELLING; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING SPEED;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAIT; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; VIBRISSAE; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 70350211449     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.08.030     Document Type: Article

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