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Motor skills of infant rhesus monkeys with thalidomide‐induced forelimb malformations
Author(s) -
Lindburg D. G.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420020309
Subject(s) - forelimb , thalidomide , motor skill , psychology , motor activity , developmental psychology , medicine , neuroscience , multiple myeloma
The motor skills of 2 infant rhesus monkeys with thalidomide‐induced forelimb malformations were compared with those of normal infants of similar age and sex over an 8‐month period. In general, the experimental animals engaged in locomotor and manipulatory activities at about the same frequency as the normal subjects, but did so by development of compensatory response patterns. For instance, feet and mouth were used for activities that the normal animal performs manually.