Rapid, automated and experimenter-free assessment of cognitive flexibility reveals learning impairments following recovery from activity-based anorexia in female rats
K. Huang, L. K. Milton, H. Dempsey, S. J. Power, K.-A. Conn, Z. B. Andrews, C. J. Foldi
This study develops an automated cognitive testing system for rats and finds that cognitive inflexibility does not predispose to anorexia but is linked to weight loss resistance after recovery.
bioRxiv · Nov 15, 2022Animal Behavior & Cognition