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Citric acid water as an alternative to food restriction to motivate task performance in mice during touchscreen testing

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By Olivia R. Ghosh-Swaby, Julie R. Dumont, Paul Sheppard, Timothy J. Bussey, Lisa M. Saksida, Leila Dzinic, Joel Antolin
| Nature Verified
Abstract Rodent behavioral testing paradigms in touchscreen operant chambers have successfully provided insight into the neural mechanisms underlying various cognitive domains in healthy and disease models. Touchscreen testing has previously required food restriction to sufficiently motivate rodents to complete behavioral tests, limiting the use of interventions, for example, diet-based interventions, that alter animals’ motivation for food in experimental design.
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What chemo really feels like: My prostate cancer journey

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By Paul Sheppard
| Starts at 60
Day One of chemotherapy treatment ... Paul and Shirley Sheppard. I never imagined that reading a doctor’s letter could hit you like a punch in the gut. Trust me, I’ve been punched in the guts a few time so I know what it feels like. At 68, I stared at the words: “Incurable cancer.” Holy shit. That was the first reality check. The oncology waiting room that day only made it worse – full of people young and old, each battling their own fight. You can’t help but spiral into a dark place.
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Why I’m starting chemotherapy at 68 - and why men need to take prostate cancer seriously

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By Paul Sheppard
| Starts at 60
Paul Sheppard with his wife Shirley on December 27, 2025. On January 13, I start chemotherapy. Six doses. Over eight weeks. A schedule neat enough to belong in a diary, which is ironic because it’s designed to deal with something that has been anything but neat. Cancer, it turns out, does not respect timetables, optimism, or the fact that you’ve still got good wine in the cellar. Late last year, I went in for what I thought was a routine check-up.
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