Table I.
Detailed standards for neurological severity score points.
| Items | Contents | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Electric shock experiments | Flexion of forelimb | 1 |
| Flexion of hindlimb | 1 | |
| Head moved >10° to vertical axis within 30 sec | 1 | |
| Motor tests | Normal walk | 0 |
| Inability to walk straight | 1 | |
| Circling toward paretic side | 2 | |
| Falling down to paretic side | 3 | |
| Sensory tests | Placing test (visual and tactile test) | 1 |
| Proprioceptive test (deep sensation, pushing paw against table edge to stimulate limb 1 muscles) | 1 | |
| Beam balance tests | Steady posture | 0 |
| Grasps side of beam | 1 | |
| Hugging beam and 1 limb falls down from beam | 2 | |
| Hugging beam and 2 limbs fall down from beam, or spins on beam (60 sec) | 3 | |
| Trying to balance on beam but falling off (40 sec) | 4 | |
| Trying to balance on beam but falling off (20 sec) | 5 | |
| Falling off without attempt to balance or hang on to beam (20 sec) | 6 | |
| Reflex absence and abnormal movements | Pinna reflex (head shaking when auditory meatus is touched) | 1 |
| Corneal reflex (eyes blinking when cornea is lightly touched with cotton) | 1 | |
| Startle reflex (motor response to a brief noise from snapping a clipboard paper) | 1 | |
| Seizures, myoclonus, myodystony | 1 | |
| Maximum points | 18 |