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这项研究得到了补助金，由英国医学研究理事会，自然科学和工程研究理事会，加拿大和加拿大中风网络。自由亚齐运动也支持由阿尔伯塔省文物基金会的医学研究。

梯级步行测试仪器水平梯级步行测试仪器，包括明确的有机玻璃和金属梯级（3毫米直径），这可能是插入创建一个1厘米之间的梯级的最小距离（见图1的地板的侧墙;。梅斯和Whishaw ，2003）。侧墙1米长，19厘米高的梯级的高度来衡量。阶梯高架地面30厘米以上，用中性启动笼和一个避难所（家笼）结束。由于动物习惯于在训练期间，仪器的海拔是不太可能导致焦虑。巷的宽度调?...

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the ladder rung walking task: a scoring system and its practical application.

/中风，脊髓损伤和其他神经退行性疾病的动物模型的发展进步需要高灵敏度的测试，来阐述运动功能的不同方面，并确定哪怕是细微的运动能力丧失。为了提高疗效和分辨率的测试，测试应允许定性和定量的运动功能和敏感，在性能上的变化，在恢复期间。本研究介绍了一种新的任务，以评估在大鼠熟练的走在同一时间来衡量两个前肢和后肢功能。动物需要沿着水平梯梯级间距是可变的，并定期改变。梯级间距的变化，防止学习的梯级绝对和相对位置的动物，以便尽量减少动物的能力，通过学习障碍补偿。此外，改变的梯级之间的间距可以用于长期研究反复测试。前后肢性能的定量和定性的描述，包括肢体配售，加强合作协调的方法进行了介绍。此外，使用补偿性的战略失误或其他肢体的错位的补偿性步骤表示。

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梯级行走任务，是一个新的测试，以评估熟练的步行和配售，加强和肢体间协调措施，前肢和后肢。

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