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Assessing Forelimb Function after Unilateral Cervical SCI using Novel Tasks: Limb Step-alternation, Postural Instability and Pasta Handling
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Assessing Forelimb Function after Unilateral Cervical SCI using Novel Tasks: Limb Step-alternation, Postural Instability and Pasta Handling

Assessing Forelimb Function after Unilateral Cervical SCI using Novel Tasks: Limb Step-alternation, Postural Instability and Pasta Handling

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September 16, 2013

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10.3791/50955-v

DOI:
10.3791/50955-v

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08:11 min
September 16, 2013

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1Department of Biomedical Engineering,The University of Texas at Austin, 2Department of Psychology,The University of Texas at Austin, 3The J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering,University of Florida

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Three new behavioral tests (forelimb step-alternation, postural instability test, pasta handling test) for evaluating forelimb function after cervical spinal cord injury in rodents are described.

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Khaing, Z. Z., Geissler, S. A., Schallert, T., Schmidt, C. E. Assessing Forelimb Function after Unilateral Cervical SCI using Novel Tasks: Limb Step-alternation, Postural Instability and Pasta Handling. J. Vis. Exp. (79), e50955, doi:10.3791/50955 (2013).

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