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Atomoxetine affected the performance in a puzzle-box cognitive test in a complicated way\u2014the large brain mice were less successful at task solutions (presumably because they were not afraid of the brightly lit test box), while the small brain strain of atomoxetine treated mice solved the task more successfully. The behavior of all atomoxetine treated animals was more active in an aversive situation (an unescapable slippery funnel, (analogous to the Porsolt test) and the time of immobility decreased significantly in all atomoxetine treated mice. The general patterns of behavioral reactions to atomoxetine in the cognitive test and other interstrain differences demonstrated in these experiments made it possible to suggest that differences in ascending noradrenergic projections between the two strains used exist. Further analysis of the noradrenergic system in these strains is needed (and further analysis of the effects of drugs which affect noradrenergic receptors).<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/neurolint15020041","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,16]],"date-time":"2023-05-16T02:45:47Z","timestamp":1684205147000},"page":"649-660","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Cognitive Test Solution in Mice with Different Brain Weights after Atomoxetine"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Olga V.","family":"Perepelkina","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Biology Department, Lomonossov Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 1, Building 12, Moscow 119234, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1277-9918","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Inga I.","family":"Poletaeva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biology Department, Lomonossov Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 1, Building 12, Moscow 119234, Russia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"81","DOI":"10.1086\/281911","article-title":"Increase in learning capability with increase of brain size","volume":"7","author":"Rensch","year":"1956","journal-title":"Am. 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