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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosci Res. 2016 Feb 8;107:70–74. doi: 10.1016/j.neures.2016.01.006

Table 1.

Comprehensive behavioral characterization of Cuprizone short-exposure mice.

Dimensions Index Test Results RDoC Domains/Constructs and sub-constructs
Motor systems Motor coordination/learning Rotarod Normal, Fig.1 Unclassifiable
Memory Recognition memory NORT ↓, [1] Cognitive Systems/Declarative Memory
Spontaneous alternation Y-maze ↓, [1] Cognitive Systems/Perception
Context/cue-induced fear Fear extinction FC Normal, Fig.2A Negative Valence Systems/Responses to acute threat (Fear)
Executive function Behavioral flexibility RL Normal, Fig.2B Cognitive Systems/Cognitive Control
Social cognition Sociability/social novelty SIT Normal, Fig.2C Systems for Social Processes/Affiliation and Attachment
Anxiety Neophobia LDT ↑ (p=0.05), Fig.3A Negative Valence Systems/Responses to potential harm (Anxiety)
Hyponeophagia NSFT Normal, Fig.3B Negative Valence Systems/Responses to potential harm (Anxiety)
Depression Behavioral despair FST Normal, Fig.3C Negative Valence Systems/Responses to sustained threat
Behavioral despair TST Normal, Fig.3D Negative Valence Systems/Responses to sustained threat
Psychosis Sensitivity to psychostimulants OF ↑, Fig.4 and [1] Arousal and Regulatory Systems/Arousal
Information processing Sensorimotor gating PPI Normal, [1] Cognitive Systems/Perception

[1], Tezuka et al., 2013

NORT, Novel object recognition test; FC, Fear conditioning; RL, Reversal learning; SIT, Social interaction test; LDT, Light/dark box test; NSFT, Novelty suppressed feeding test; FST, Forced swim test; TST, Tail suspension test; OF, Open field; PPI, Prepulse inhibition