Rodent skilled reaching for modeling pathological conditions of the human motor system

Neuromethods

Volumn 61, Issue , 2011, Pages 87-107

  Karl, Jenni M ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Eshkol Wachmann movement notation; Evolution of skilled movement; Hand shaping; Movement elements; Rat reaching; Rat vs. human homology; Rodent models of Huntington's disease; Rodent models of Parkinson's disease; Rodent models of spinal cord injury; Rodent models of stroke; Single pellet reaching; Skilled reaching

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE GESTURE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; EATING; FOOD HANDLING; FORELIMB; GESTURE; GRASP GESTURE; GRIP STRENGTH; HABITUATION; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PASTA MATRIX REACHING TASK; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAT; RELEASE GESTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PELLET REACHING TASK; SKILLED REACHING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STAIRCASE TASK; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAY REACHING TASK; WITHDRAW GESTURE;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 80054748376     PISSN: 08932336     EISSN: 19406045     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-298-4_6     Document Type: Article

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