Neurological and neurobehavioral assessment of experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage

BMC Neuroscience

Table 3 Behavior Score for Rats with SAH Adapted from Garcia, et al.{Garcia1995}

Function		Score
Spontaneous activity	Normal	3
	Slightly affected	2
	Severely affected	1
	No movement	0
Symmetry in movement of 4 limbs assessed when rat held suspended by tail	Symmetric	3
	Asymmetric	2
	Hemiplegic	1
Forepaw outstretching assessed by bringing rat to edge of table and making it walk on forelimbs while being held by tail and observing forelimb use	Symmetric forepaws	3
	Mild asymmetry	2
	Marked asymmetry	1
	One forelimb did not move	0
Climbing determined by placing rat on the wall of a wire cage and observing climbing and strength of attachment to wall	Climbed easily, gripped tightly	3
	One side impaired	2
	Failed to climb or tended to circle instead of climbing	1
Body proprioception	Equal on both sides	3
	Reacted slowly to stimulus on 1 side	2
	No response on one side	1
Response to vibrissae touch determined by brushing vibrissae on each side	Symmetric	3
	Asymmetric	2
	No response on 1 side	1
Total		5 to 18

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