Hey Folks!
We often hear from scientists and researchers to be that they have a hard time differentiating the many types of behavioral tests! We made this handy dandy cheat sheet for you to post on the wall, to remember.
As a summary:
Anxiety: Elevated Plus Maze, Light-Dark Box, Elevated Zero Maze
Arousal: Prepulse inhibition, fear potentiated startle
Exploration: Open Field Test, Y maze
Ingestion: food preference, paw preference, two bottle choke test
Learning: Morris water maze, T maze with food reward, active shock avoidance, fear conditioning, radial mazes, barnes maze, Lashey III maze
Motor: Rotarod, Hole board, grip strength, balance beam
Social: Resident intruder test, social recognition test, social dominance test
Pain: Tail flick, hot place test, formalin test