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Chapters
- 00:00Title
- 00:08Single Pellet Reaching: Food Habitutation
- 00:41Stage One: Aparatus Habituation and Food Familiarization
- 01:40Stage Two: Establishing Paw Dominance / Honing of Skillful Reaching
- 03:19Stage Three: Full Sequence Reaching
- 06:29Scoring Reaches / Graphing Results
The skilled reaching scale divides the movement by a forelimb in a reach for food act into composite elements each of which are evaluated with a three-point scale. The rating scale is described for a normal rat and can be applied toward evaluating neurological motor disorders.
Tags
Skilled Forelimb ReachingMovement Rating ScaleRatEvolutionary Ancient ActAnimal SpeciesTest SituationFilmingFood DeprivationTrainingReaching Through A SlotFood PelletGraspingMouthProximally Driven MovementsDistal Limb MovementsPronating The PawGrasping The FoodReleasing The Food Into The MouthPostural AdjustmentsMovement Elements3-point ScaleQuantifying ReachMotor System DamageMotor CortexBasal GangliaBrainstemSpinal CordNeurological ConditionsParkinson’s DiseaseHuntington’s DiseaseMotor ImpairmentsNeural RestorationRehabilitation
