Fig. 5.

Performance on the acrobatic task in lesion–AC and sham–AC rats. A, Latency in seconds to complete the acrobatic task over days of training. There was a significant reduction in latency over days of training (p < 0.0001) but no significant differences between lesion and sham animals on this measure. The data shown are from the first traverse of the acrobatic task per training session. B, Forelimb errors in limb placement on the acrobatic task, measured as the number of foot slips per traverse. The lesions resulted in a significant increase in contralateral forelimb errors in comparison to sham (p < 0.0005). Ipsilateral forelimb errors were not significantly different from sham. C, There were no significant differences between lesion and sham rats in hindlimb footslips.