Cognitive Translation Using the Rodent Touchscreen Testing Approach

• Published in: Current topics in behavioral neurosciences Vol. 28; p. 423
• Main Authors: Hvoslef-Eide, M, Nilsson, S R O, Saksida, L M, Bussey, T J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 2016
• Subjects: Animals; Association Learning - physiology; Cognition - physiology; Humans; Mice; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Rats; Reaction Time - physiology; Reversal Learning - physiology; Human; Touchscreen; Translation; Cognition; Mouse; Rat

The development of novel therapeutic avenues for the treatment of cognitive deficits in psychiatric and neurodegenerative disease is of high importance, yet progress in this field has been slow. One reason for this lack of success may lie in discrepancies between how cognitive functions are assessed...