| Biography |
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| I am 16 years old, and am a student at Winston Churchill High School in Lethbridge, Alberta. I live with my two parents and my sister. I am really interested in science, especially neuroscience and astronomy. I play the flute, and am in the concert and jazz bands at my school. I have been to the CWSF for the last two years, and have won a silver medal (2009) and a bronze medal (2010). |
| Shubham Talwar
Acro-Rat-ics!
| Challenge: | Health | | Category: | Intermediate | | Region: | Lethbridge | | City: | Lethbridge, AB | | School: | Winston Churchill High School | | Abstract: | The advanced forelimb movements of rats with various impairments (Parkinson's disease, motor cortex stroke, and old age) during the Whishaw Single Pellet Reaching Task (Whishaw-SPRT) were thoroughly analyzed. It was found that all three impairments followed a similar trend in terms of how they affected skilled reaching in rats, but overall, motor cortex stroke was the most detrimental to the rats' reaching. |
| Awards | Value | Excellence Award - Intermediate
Bronze Medal
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada | $300.00 | The University of Western Ontario Scholarship
Bronze Medallist - $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Western Ontario | $1 000.00 | | Total | $1 300.00 | |
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