title: [Laterality of food handling movements in rats].
abstract: Lateralization of motor food skills has been investigated on 77 adult white rats. The predominance for the left anterior extremity while carrying out food was found in 53.5% of rats, the right extremity--in 36.4% of rats. 10.3% of rats belonged to ambidexters. Prevalence of using left extremity was peculiar to the females as against the male ones. Three generations of left-handed rats obtained by crossing have been followed. Rats making use of the left extremity to take out food predominated in the second and third generates.
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Levchuk
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Bratus'
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Vlasenko
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Ioltukhovskiĭ
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Moroz
authors.forename: O D
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Udod
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shinkarenko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005511:Food Handling; D005552:Forelimb / Q000502:physiology*; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Lateralizatsiia pishchedobyvatel'nykh dvizheniĭ u krys.