Performance of juvenile mice in a reach-to-grasp task.

Abstract:

:Reach-to-grasp tasks have been used to study rodent models of motor system damage, stroke, and neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's. These tasks are especially useful as they allow evaluation of bilateral or unilateral damage in different regions of the brain. Performing reach-to-grasp tests in juvenile mice may be important to understand motor disorders of early onset. This study evaluated the performance of juvenile and adolescent mice on a reach-to-grasp task. Male and female C57BL/6J mice (n=93) were tested in a forelimb reaching task at postnatal weeks 4, 5, 7, 9 and 12. At all ages mice could learn the task and improved performance with training. Results show that reach-to-grasp tasks can be used to study skill learning in juvenile and adolescent mice. Results are discussed in terms of adapting methodologies (test protocols and arenas) when performing behaviour tests in young mice.

journal_name

J Neurosci Methods

authors

Marques JM,Olsson IA

doi

10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.08.016

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-10-30 00:00:00

pages

82-5

issue

1

eissn

0165-0270

issn

1872-678X

pii

S0165-0270(10)00476-0

journal_volume

193

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