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Reductionist thinking and animal models in neuropsychiatric research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Nicole M. Baran
Nicole M. Baran*
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School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332. nicole.baran@biology.gatech.eduhttps://www.nicolembaran.com
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Abstract

Reductionist thinking in neuroscience is manifest in the widespread use of animal models of neuropsychiatric disorders. Broader investigations of diverse behaviors in non-model organisms and longer-term study of the mechanisms of plasticity will yield fundamental insights into the neurobiological, developmental, genetic, and environmental factors contributing to the “massively multifactorial system networks” which go awry in mental disorders.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e3
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