Hybridizing behavioral models: a possible solution to some problems in neurophenotyping research?
Hybridizing behavioral models: a possible solution to some problems in neurophenotyping research?
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混合行为模型:神经表型研究中某些问题的可能解决方案?
DOI:
10.1016/j.pnpbp.2007.12.010
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发表时间:
2008
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Sufka,Kenneth
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作者:
Kalueff,AllanV;LaPorte,JustinL;Murphy,DennisL;Sufka,Kenneth
The use of batteries of single-domain tests for neurophenotyping research is a common strategy to achieve higher data density and explore different behavioral domains. This approach, however, is accompanied by several methodological challenges, briefly discussed here. As an alternative, this paper advocates the wider use of extensive “hybrid” protocols that assess multiple domains in parallel, or logically/logistically combine experimental paradigms, in a way that disproportionately maximizes the number of tested phenotypes per experimental manipulation. Several examples of this approach are given in this paper, demonstrating the potential to reduce time, cost and subject requirements for the experiments. Offering behavioral analyses that are lacking in the standard single-domain tests, such “hybrid” models enable innovative modeling of neuropsychiatric disorders by more thorough and broader investigation of complex phenotypical characteristics.