Patent Document ID: 20110083200
Application ID: 12993480
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of identifying and selecting an agent for use in the prevention, treatment, or amelioration of a behavioral symptom associated with a neurological disorder in a subject comprising: a) obtaining a number of rodents exhibiting decreased sorting behavior; b) dividing the rodents into a test group and a control group and providing each group with sortable material; c) administering a test agent to rodents in said test group and administering a control agent to rodents in said control group; d) observing the rodents in said test group and said control group for sorting behavior; e) assessing the sorting behavior of the rodents in the test and control groups wherein a decrease in sorting behavior is indicative of a neurological disorder or modeling thereof associated with a behavioral symptom in a subject, and an increase in sorting behavior is indicative of prevention, treatment or amelioration of symptoms associated with a neurological disorder produced by the composition; and f) selecting a test agent based on an observed increase in sorting behavior.