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Medicine · Neurology
This study published in Physiology & Behavior investigates how acute stress impairs cognitive flexibility, specifically reversal learning, through neurochemical and transcriptional changes in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) of mice. The authors demonstrated that acute stress disrupts the ability of mice to adapt to changed reward contingencies, a process critically dependent on the OFC. This finding is highly relevant for medical students as it provides a mechanistic foundation for understanding stress-induced cognitive deficits in clinical settings, which can inform acute care decision-making and the management of patients under psychological duress.
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