| Message: | Insults to the central nervous system can lead to severe motor impairments in gait or fine motor skills. To develop therapies for motor dysfunction, animal models which have a disease pathophysiology comparable to the clinical population are used. Smaller animals such as rodents are preferred by scientists due to various reasons, such as high reproduction rate and relatively low costs. The use of one test is not ideal to assess all aspects of motor dysfunction, consequently, a number of behavioral tests have been developed to detect and quantify the presence of motor impairments in rodent models. Broadly, the tests provided by Creative Biolabs are divided into 3 groups: tests for motor coordination and balance, tests for locomotor activity, and tests for muscular strength. https://www.creative-biolabs.com/drug-discovery/therapeutics/rodent-behavioral-tests-for-motor-function.htm
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