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An Open-Source 3D-Printable Platform for Testing Head-Fixed Cognitive Flexibility in Rodents

Mark H. Cristino, Alexander C. Mitchell, Maya Preibisz-Kamat, Peyton Shea Fletcher and Timothy J. Spellman
eNeuro 29 January 2025, 12 (1) ENEURO.0364-24.2024; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0364-24.2024
Mark H. Cristino
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Glenbrook, Storrs, Connecticut 06269
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Alexander C. Mitchell
2Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut 06030
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Maya Preibisz-Kamat
2Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut 06030
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Peyton Shea Fletcher
2Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut 06030
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Timothy J. Spellman
2Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut 06030
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https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0364-24.2024
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  • Received March 3, 2024
  • Revision received December 12, 2024
  • Accepted December 19, 2024
  • Published online January 29, 2025.
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Copyright © 2025 Cristino et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Mark H. Cristino1,*,
  2. Alexander C. Mitchell2,*,
  3. Maya Preibisz-Kamat2,
  4. Peyton Shea Fletcher2 and
  5. Timothy J. Spellman2
  1. 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Glenbrook, Storrs, Connecticut 06269
  2. 2Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut 06030
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Timothy J. Spellman at tspellman{at}uchc.edu.
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  1. Author contributions: M.H.C. and T.J.S. designed research; M.H.C., A.C.M., M.P.-K., and P.S.F. performed research; M.H.C. and A.C.M. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; M.H.C. and T.J.S. analyzed data; M.H.C., A.C.M., and T.J.S. wrote the paper.

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  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This work is supported by National Institute of Mental Health Grant R00MH117271.

  • ↵*M.H.C. and A.C.M. contributed equally to this work.

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  • HHS | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

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