Evaluation of behavior and cognition in rodent models underpins mechanistic and
interventional studies of brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases, especially dementia …

Many neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases and other brain disorders are
accompanied by impairments in high‐level cognitive functions including memory, attention …

The relationship between hunger and subsequent feeding has undoubtedly provided strong
selective pressures that underpin motivation, learning and memory processes. Together …

Animals often display choice bias, or a preference for one option over the others, which can
significantly impede learning new tasks. Delayed match-to-sample (DMS) tasks with two …

Purpose Perceptual and goal-directed behaviors may be improved by repetitive sensory
stimulations without practice-based training. Focal muscle vibration (f-MV) modulating the …

Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience both motor output deficits and cognitive
disabilities. Various PD rodent models have been developed to investigate the genetic and …

Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder characterised by positive symptoms such as
hallucinations and psychosis, negative symptoms such as avolition and anhedonia, and …

Touch screen test is a recently developed cognition testing tool. Based on operant
conditioning, touch screen test enables to test cognition of animals by scoring their cognitive …