Table 5 25 Point Rat Behavior Scale Based on Feldman and colleagues {Feldman1996}
From: Neurological and neurobehavioral assessment of experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage
Characteristic | Â | Â | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Mobility | Inability to exit from a circle 50 cm in diameter when placed in center | Within 30 minutes | 1 |
| Â | Â | Within 60 minutes | 1 |
| Â | Â | At > 60 minutes | 1 |
| Â | Hemiplegia (inability to resist forced changes in position) | Â | 1 |
| Â | Inability to walk straight when placed on floor | Â | 1 |
| Â | Inability to move | Â | 1 |
Reflexes | Flexion of hindlimb when raised by tail | Â | 1 |
| Â | Loss of startle reflex | Â | 1 |
| Â | Loss of righting reflex | For 20 min | 1 |
| Â | Â | For 40 min | 1 |
| Â | Â | For 60 min | 1 |
Behavior | Loss of seeking behavior | Â | 1 |
| Â | Prostration | Â | 1 |
Functional tests | Failure in beam walking task | 8.5 cm wide | 1 |
| Â | Â | 5 cm wide | 1 |
| Â | Â | 2.5 cm side | 1 |
| Â | Failure in beam balancing task (1.5 cm wide) | for 20 sec | 1 |
| Â | Â | for 40 sec | 1 |
| Â | Â | for 60 sec | 1 |
| Â | Stability on balance beam (1.5 cm wide) | able to walk, normal gait | 0 |
| Â | Â | able to walk, impaired gait | 1 |
| Â | Â | unable to walk, steady balance on beam | 1 |
| Â | Â | unable to walk, steady balance, all limbs on beam | 1 |
| Â | Â | unable to walk, unsteady balance, unable to place all limbs on beam 1 | 1 |
| Â | Effort on beam balance (1.5 cm wide) | unable to stay on the board | 1 |
| Â | Â | unable to try to stay on the board | 1 |
Total | Â | Â | 25 |