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Validation and optimisation of a touchscreen progressive ratio test of motivation in male rats

RATIONALE: Across species, effort-related motivation can be assessed by testing behaviour under a progressive ratio (PR) schedule of reinforcement. However, to date, PR tasks for rodents have been available using traditional operant response systems only. OBJECTIVES: Touchscreen operant response sys...

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Autores principales: Hailwood, Jonathan M., Heath, Christopher J., Robbins, Trevor W., Saksida, Lisa M., Bussey, Timothy J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30008032
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-4969-6