The goal of the protocol described in this paper is to induce compulsive-like behavior in rats for the study of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). This behavior is precipitated by attenuating a signal indicating that a lever-press response was effective in producing food.
Goltseker, K., Yankelevitch-Yahav, R., Albelda, N. S., Joel, D. Signal Attenuation as a Rat Model of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. J. Vis. Exp. (95), e52287, doi:10.3791/52287 (2015).