The Corridor Task: a simple test of lateralised response selection sensitive to unilateral dopamine deafferentation and graft-derived dopamine replacement in the …
E Dowd, C Monville, EM Torres, SB Dunnett - Brain research bulletin, 2005 - Elsevier
In this experiment, we report a novel drug-free behavioural test of lateralised neglect which
is sensitive to unilateral dopamine-denervating lesions and subsequent graft-derived striatal
dopamine replacement. For the task, white plastic lids containing sugar pellets were placed
along the left and right sides of the floor of a long narrow corridor at regular intervals. Hungry
female Sprague–Dawley rats were placed individually into the corridor where they were
allowed to make up to 20 pellet retrievals. The number of retrievals each rat made from its …
is sensitive to unilateral dopamine-denervating lesions and subsequent graft-derived striatal
dopamine replacement. For the task, white plastic lids containing sugar pellets were placed
along the left and right sides of the floor of a long narrow corridor at regular intervals. Hungry
female Sprague–Dawley rats were placed individually into the corridor where they were
allowed to make up to 20 pellet retrievals. The number of retrievals each rat made from its …