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Validation and optimisation of a touchscreen progressive ratio test of motivation in male rats.

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cam.issuedOnline2018-07-14
dc.contributor.authorHailwood, Jonathan M
dc.contributor.authorHeath, Christopher J
dc.contributor.authorRobbins, Trevor W
dc.contributor.authorSaksida, Lisa M
dc.contributor.authorBussey, Timothy J
dc.contributor.orcidHailwood, Jonathan M [0000-0002-5835-2143]
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-20T12:06:25Z
dc.date.available2018-09-20T12:06:25Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.description.abstractRATIONALE: Across species, effort-related motivation can be assessed by testing behaviour under a progressive ratio (PR) schedule of reinforcement. However, to date, PR tasks for rodents have been available using traditional operant response systems only. OBJECTIVES: Touchscreen operant response systems allow the assessment of behaviour in laboratory rodents, using tasks that share high face validity with the computerised assessments used in humans. Here, we sought to optimise a rat touchscreen variant of PR and validate it by assessing the effects of a number of manipulations known to affect PR performance in non-touchscreen paradigms. METHODS: Separate groups of male Sprague-Dawley rats were trained on PR schedules with either linear (PR4) or exponential (PREXP) schedules of reinforcement. PR performance was assessed in response to manipulations in reward outcome. Animals were tested under conditions of increased reward magnitude and following reward devaluation through a prefeeding procedure. Subsequently, the effects of systemic administration of the dopamine D2/D3 receptor antagonist raclopride and the psychostimulant d-amphetamine were examined as traditional pharmacological methods for manipulating motivation. RESULTS: Rats reinforced under PR4 and PREXP schedules consistently showed differential patterns of response rates within sessions. Furthermore, both PR4 and PREXP schedules were sensitive to suppression by prefeeding or raclopride administration. Performance under both schedules was facilitated by increasing reward magnitude or d-amphetamine administration. CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, these findings mirror those observed in lever-based PR paradigms in rats. This study therefore demonstrates the successful validation of the rat touchscreen PR task. This will allow for the assessment of motivation in rats, within the same touchscreen apparatus used for the assessment of complex cognitive processes in this species.
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.27897
dc.identifier.eissn1432-2072
dc.identifier.issn0033-3158
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/280528
dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-4969-6
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectMotivation
dc.subjectProgressive ratio schedule
dc.subjectRat
dc.subjectTouchscreen
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectChoice Behavior
dc.subjectConditioning, Operant
dc.subjectDextroamphetamine
dc.subjectDopamine Antagonists
dc.subjectDopamine Uptake Inhibitors
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMotivation
dc.subjectRaclopride
dc.subjectRats
dc.subjectRats, Sprague-Dawley
dc.subjectReinforcement Schedule
dc.subjectReinforcement, Psychology
dc.subjectReward
dc.titleValidation and optimisation of a touchscreen progressive ratio test of motivation in male rats.
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2018-07-05
prism.endingPage2753
prism.issueIdentifier9
prism.publicationDate2018
prism.publicationNamePsychopharmacology (Berl)
prism.startingPage2739
prism.volume235
pubs.funder-project-idMRC (1505392)
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2018-09
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1007/s00213-018-4969-6

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