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NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 45-59Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2015.8
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- ZENEREI Research Center
- Guangdong Ocean University
- St. Petersburg State University [1.38.201.2014]
- US National Institutes of Health [NS025529, HD028341, MH060379, MH63649, DA015188]
- Government of Russian Federation [02.A03.21.0006]
- Government of Russian Federation (Ural Federal University)
- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R37HD028341] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH &HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [R01HD028341] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH060379, R01MH063649] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS025529, R56NS025529] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE [R01DA015188] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Self-grooming is a complex innate behaviour with an evolutionarily conserved sequencing pattern and is one of the most frequently performed behavioural activities in rodents. In this Review, we discuss the neurobiology of rodent self-grooming, and we highlight studies of rodent models of neuropsychiatric disorders - including models of autism spectrum disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder - that have assessed self-grooming phenotypes. We suggest that rodent self-grooming may be a useful measure of repetitive behaviour in such models, and therefore of value to translational psychiatry. Assessment of rodent self-grooming may also be useful for understanding the neural circuits that are involved in complex sequential patterns of action.
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