The bradykinesia assessment task: An automated method to measure forelimb speed in rodents

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-61

  Hays, Seth A ^a   Khodaparast, Navid ^a   Sloan, Andrew M ^a   Fayyaz, Tabbassum ^a   Hulsey, Daniel R ^a   Ruiz, Andrea D ^a   Pantoja, Maritza ^a   Kilgard, Michael P ^a   Rennaker, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradykinesia; Forelimb; Hemorrhagic lesion; Ischemic lesion; Motor function; Operant behavior; Parkinson's disease; Rat; Speed; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIN-1; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HYPOKINESIA; MICROBIAL COLLAGENASE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873442907     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.12.022     Document Type: Article

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