Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
August 2012
Behavioral tasks utilized as models for decoding neural activity for use in brain-machine interfaces are constrained primarily to forelimb tasks or locomotion. We present here our methodology for training adult rats in a novel skilled hindlimb 'reaching' task in which the animal is trained to make different types of hindlimb movements. 6 adult Long-Evans rats were trained to make variable duration (<1 or >1.
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