Article: Scientists at University of Maryland, Medical Department report research in behavior.

According to recent research from the United States, "Many neuropsychiatric diseases are associated with cognitive rigidity linked to prefrontal dysfunction. For example, schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease are associated with performance deficits on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, which evaluates attentional set shifting."

"Although the genetic underpinnings of these disorders can be reproduced in mice, there are few models for testing the functional consequences. Here, we demonstrate that an analog of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, developed in marmosets and recently adapted to rats, is a behavioral model of prefrontal function in mice. Systematic analysis ...

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