RODENT VERSIONS OF THE IOWA GAMBLING TASK: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF DECISION-MAKING

Rodent versions of the Iowa Gambling Task: opportunities and challenges for the understanding of decision-making

Impaired decision-making is a core problem in several psychiatric disorders including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive MSM CREAM disorder, mania, drug addiction, eating disorders, and substance abuse as well as in chronic pain.To ensure progress in the understanding of the neuropathophysiology of these d

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Effects of thinning, burning, seeding, and slash arrangements on understory communities in pinyon-juniper woodlands of northern Arizona

Pinyon-juniper woodlands are a dominant ecosystem in the American Southwest that have been increasing in density over the last century, generating concerns about the effects on wildlife habitat, livestock forage, and wildfire risk.We tested 16 treatment combinations designed to restore stands to historic conditions by examining the impact on unders

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