Validation of a non-appetitive effort-based foraging task as a measure of motivational state in male mice
F. Xeni, C. Marangoni, M. G. Jackson
This paper validates a non-appetitive effort-based foraging task in mice as a measure of motivational state, showing sensitivity to dopaminergic modulation and phenotypic models of motivational deficits.
bioRxiv · Dec 12, 2023 · PreprintPharmacology & Toxicology