Table 2.

Behavioral asymmetries following unilateral intrastriatal lesions

Behavioral test	Rot	Rot/MB	Group effect (p value)
Dot test
Difference (%) between pre- and post- lesion trials in which the contra dot was removed before the ipsi dot	−65.6*	−34.7*	0.03**
Latencies (sec)
Contralateral contact
Pre-lesion	3.7 ± 0.5	4.6 ± 1
Post-lesion	15.9 ± 6	4.8 ± 0.6
Difference	12.2*	0.2	0.01**
Ipsilateral contact
Pre-lesion	4.9 ± 0.8	5.4 ± 1
Post-lesion	9.6 ± 6	3.6 ± 0.4
Difference	4.7	−1.8	0.88
Contralateral removal
Pre-lesion	8.7 ± 2	9.3 ± 1
Post-lesion	32.1 ± 7	22 ± 6
Difference	23.4*	12.7*	0.24
Ipsilateral removal
Pre-lesion	14.3 ± 4	11 ± 2
Post-lesion	19.8 ± 7	4.6 ± 0.7
Difference	5.5	−6.4	0.74
Vibrissae-evoked placing test (score)
Contralateral
Pre-lesion	3	3
Post-lesion	2.1 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.1
Difference	−0.9*	−0.3	0.06
Ipsilateral
Pre-lesion	3	3
Post-lesion	3	3
Difference	0	0	1

^*significant within-group difference, p < 0.05

^**significant within-group difference, p < 0.01