Skilled Limb Use in Rat Models of Human Neurological Disease
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Skilled movements are voluntary movements requiring irregular motor patterns. Skilled movements are characterized by a complex sequence of movement components, which can be observed in rats eating specialty food items, such as sunflower seeds or crickets, or when navigating across difficult territory [5]. Tests of skilled movement are of increasing importance as sensitive assessment tools for rat models in pre-clinical studies of neurological disease.
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