Monitoring Fine and Associative Motor Learning in Mice Using the Erasmus LadderAlice Staffa *1, Moumita Chatterjee *1, Ariadna Diaz-Tahoces *1, Felix Leroy 1, Isabel Perez-Otaño 1
1Instituto de Neurociencias, Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Miguel Hernández
This article presents a protocol that allows a non-invasive and automated assessment of fine motor performance, as well as adaptive and associative motor learning upon challenges, using a device called the Erasmus Ladder. Task difficulty can be titrated to detect motor impairment ranging from major to subtle degrees.
