ArticlePhysiology & behavior2014
Prematurely delivered rats show improved motor coordination during sensory-evoked motor responses compared to age-matched controls.
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- Developmental Window-Dependent Effects of Neonatal Tactile Stimulation on Sensorimotor Development in WAG/Rij Rat Pups.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Delayed Formation of Neonatal Reflexes and of Locomotor Skills Is Associated with Poor Maternal Behavior in OXYS Rats Prone to Alzheimer's Disease-like Pathology.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- A preliminary investigation of high retinoic acid exposure during fetal development on behavioral competency and litter characteristics in newborn rats.Brain and behavior · 2021Article
- Stimulation of 5-HT2A receptors recovers sensory responsiveness in acute spinal neonatal rats.Behavioral neuroscience · 2017Article
- Posture effects on spontaneous limb movements, alternated stepping, and the leg extension response in neonatal rats.Physiology & behavior · 2016Article
- Developmental plasticity of coordinated action patterns in the perinatal rat.Developmental psychobiology · 2015Review
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Abstract
The amount of postnatal experience for perinatal rats was manipulated by delivering pups one day early (postconception day 21; PC21) by cesarean delivery and comparing their motor behavior to age-matched controls on PC22 (the typical day of birth). On PC22, pups were tested on multiple measures of motor coordination: leg extension response (LER), facial wiping, contact righting, and fore- and hindlimb stepping. The LER and facial wiping provided measures of synchronous hind- and forelimb coordination, respectively, and were sensory-evoked. Contact righting also was sensory-evoked and provided a measure of axial coordination. Stepping provided a measure of alternated forelimb and hindlimb coordination and was induced with the serotonin receptor agonist quipazine. Pups that were delivered prematurely and spent an additional day in the postnatal environment showed more bilateral limb coordination during expression of the LER and facial wiping, as well as a more mature righting strategy, compared to controls. These findings suggest that experience around the time of birth shapes motor coordination and the expression of species-typical behavior in the developing rat.
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