A novel automated behavioral test battery assessing cognitive rigidity in two genetic mouse models of autism

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Puścian, Alicja ^a   Łeski, Szymon ^a   Górkiewicz, Tomasz ^a   Meyza, Ksenia ^a   Lipp, Hans Peter ^b,c   Knapska, Ewelina ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Autism; Automatic behavioral tests; Cognitive rigidity; IntelliCages; Perseveration; Valproate mouse model

Indexed keywords

VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

EID: 84899706996     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00140     Document Type: Article

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