University of Zurich & University Hospital Zurich 1 article published in JoVE Behavior Acquisition of a High-precision Skilled Forelimb Reaching Task in Rats Ajmal Zemmar*1,2, Brigitte Kast*1,2, Karin Lussi1,2, Andreas R. Luft*3, Martin E. Schwab*1,2 1Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich, 2Department of Biology and Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, 3Clinical Neurorehabilitation, Department of Neurology, University of Zurich & University Hospital Zurich A paradigm is presented to analyze the acquisition of a high-precision skilled forelimb reaching task in rats.