The power of a touch: Regular touchscreen training but not its termination affects hormones and behavior in mice.

ABSTRACT: Touchscreen-based procedures are increasingly used in experimental animal research. They not only represent a promising approach for translational research, but have also been highlighted as a powerful tool to reduce potential experimenter effects in animal studies. However, to prepare the animals for a touchscreen-based test, an often time-consuming training phase is required that has itself been shown to cause increased adrenocortical activity and anxiety-like behavior in mice. While these findings point at a potentially negative effect of touchscreen training at first glance, results have also been discussed in light of an enriching effect of touchscreen training. The aim of the present study was therefore to shed more light on recently reported touchscreen training effects, with a part

SUBMITTER: Quante SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10060536 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature