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Table 7 A Mouse Motor and Sensory Scale {Parra2002}.

From: Neurological and neurobehavioral assessment of experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage

Function

 

0

1

2

3

Motor

     
 

Activity (5 minutes open field)

No movement

Moves, no walls approached

1-2 walls approached

3-4 walls approached

 

Limb symmetry (suspended by tail)

Left forelimb, no movement

Minimal movement

Abnormal forelimb walk

Symmetrical extension

 

Climbing (on inverted metal mesh)

Fails to hold

Hold < 4 seconds

Holds, no displacement

Displaces across mesh

 

Balance

Falls < 2 seconds

Falls > 2 seconds

Holds, no displacement

Displaces across rod

Sensory

Proprioception (cotton tip to both sides of neck)

 

No reaction

Asymmetrical head turning

Symmetric head turning

 

Vibrissae (cotton tip to vibrissae)

 

No reaction

Asymmetrical head turning

Symmetric head turning

 

Visual (tip toward each eye)

 

No reaction

Unilateral blink

Bilateral blink

 

Olfactory (lemon juice on tip)

 

No sniffing

Brief sniff

Sniff > 2 seconds

 

Tactile (needle stick to palm)

 

No reaction

Delayed withdrawal

Immediate withdrawal