Convergent neural substrates of inattention in bipolar disorder patients and dopamine transporter‐deficient mice using the 5‐choice CPT

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a debilitating psychiatric illness affecting 2%-5% of the population. Although mania is the cardinal feature of BD, inattention and related cognitive dysfunction are observed across all stages. Since cognitive dysfunction confers poor functional outcome in patients, understanding the relevant neural mechanisms remains key to developing novel-targeted therapeutics.The 5-choice continuous performance test (5C-CPT) is a...