The touchscreen operant platform for testing learning and memory in rats and mice

AE Horner, CJ Heath, M Hvoslef-Eide, BA Kent… - Nature protocols, 2013 - nature.com
An increasingly popular method of assessing cognitive functions in rodents is the automated
touchscreen platform, on which a number of different cognitive tests can be run in a manner …

The touchscreen operant platform for testing working memory and pattern separation in rats and mice

CA Oomen, M Hvoslef-Eide, CJ Heath, AC Mar… - Nature protocols, 2013 - nature.com
The automated touchscreen operant chamber for rats and mice allows for the assessment of
multiple cognitive domains within the same testing environment. This protocol presents the …

Exploring the contribution of supervisors to intervention outcomes.

…, JK Swift, SE Borja, CJ Heath - … and Education in …, 2009 - psycnet.apa.org
Supervision has been identified as perhaps the most important mechanism for developing
competencies in therapists in training. However, there is scant research on the effect of …

Prenatal and adolescent exposure to tobacco smoke modulates the development of white matter microstructure

LK Jacobsen, MR Picciotto, CJ Heath… - Journal of …, 2007 - Soc Neuroscience
Prenatal exposure to maternal smoking has been linked to cognitive and auditory processing
deficits in offspring. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that exposure to nicotine …

Nicotine-induced plasticity during development: modulation of the cholinergic system and long-term consequences for circuits involved in attention and sensory …

CJ Heath, MR Picciotto - Neuropharmacology, 2009 - Elsevier
Despite a great deal of progress, more than 10% of pregnant women in the USA smoke.
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated correlations between developmental tobacco …

An epigenetic mechanism mediates developmental nicotine effects on neuronal structure and behavior

…, LS Hsieh, AM Lee, Z Zhou, D Coman, CJ Heath… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Developmental nicotine exposure causes persistent changes in cortical neuron morphology
and in behavior. We used microarray screening to identify master transcriptional or …

Inputs from low threshold muscle and cutaneous afferents of hand and forearm to areas 3a and 3b of baboon's cerebral cortex.

CJ Heath, J Hore, CG Phillips - The Journal of physiology, 1976 - Wiley Online Library
The posterior wall of the central sulcus in forelimb area of SI has been expolred with
extracellular micro‐electrodes in baboons lightyl anaesthetized with nitrous oxide and sodium …

[HTML][HTML] Motivational assessment of mice using the touchscreen operant testing system: effects of dopaminergic drugs

CJ Heath, TJ Bussey, LM Saksida - Psychopharmacology, 2015 - Springer
Rationale Touchscreens are widely used to examine rodent cognition. Current paradigms
require animals to view stimuli and nose poke at an appropriate touchscreen location. After …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the dorsal hippocampus in two versions of the touchscreen automated paired associates learning (PAL) task for mice

CH Kim, CJ Heath, BA Kent, TJ Bussey… - Psychopharmacology, 2015 - Springer
Rationale The CANTAB object-location paired-associate learning (PAL) test can detect
cognitive deficits in schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease. A rodent version of touch screen …

The NEWMEDS rodent touchscreen test battery for cognition relevant to schizophrenia

…, AC Mar, SRO Nilsson, J Alsiö, CJ Heath… - …, 2015 - Springer
Rationale The NEWMEDS initiative (Novel Methods leading to New Medications in
Depression and Schizophrenia, http://www.newmeds-europe.com ) is a large industrial-academic …