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A simple, efficient tool for assessment of mice after unilateral cortex injury.
Journal of neuroscience methods - 15 Mar 2008
Shelton Shirley B, Pettigrew David B, Hermann Alison D, Zhou Weidong, Sullivan Patrick M, Crutcher Keith A, Strauss Kenneth I
Abstract excerpt
A refined battery of neurological tests, SNAP (Simple Neuroassessment of Asymmetric Impairment), was developed and validated to efficiently assess neurological deficits induced in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury. Four to 7-month old mice were subjected to unilateral controlled cortical impact or sham injury (craniectomy only). Several behavioral tests (SNAP, beam walk, foot fault, and water maze) were...
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