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Fig. 9 | Biology of Sex Differences

Fig. 9

From: Sex differences in recovery of motor function in a rhesus monkey model of cortical injury

Fig. 9

Representative images of post-operative grasp patterns. A Image shows recovered finger-thumb grasp of a monkey with isolated digit action and no evidence of “mass action” of the digits or compensatory scooping. Arrow in A shows precise finger-thumb grasp. B Image shows compensatory “scooping” involving all fingers of a monkey. The fingers work together to retrieve the food reward, a grasp that is referred to as “mass action” of digits. Arrow in B shows fingers scooping candy into the palm of the hand

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