Maze Basics
How to Calibrate and Measure Electrical Current
June 16, 2023
For many of the automated products Maze Engineers offers, shock delivery is required. Shocks are applied using shock grids. To measure the shock current, you…
Guidelines to Rodent Enclosures and Cages
April 6, 2023
The guidelines for biomedical research involving rodents in the USA are set by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Office of Laboratory Animal…
Grip Strength Tests in Rodents
January 9, 2023
The grip strength test is performed by using the grip strength apparatus. It measures the motor functions of rodents when they grasp a specially designed pull bar assembly with a peak amount of force. The peak force applied is displayed on a digital display with precision force gauges. You can either manually record values or use the included software to do so automatically.
Maze Basics: Sleep Fragmentation Chambers
May 13, 2022
Sleep is essential for our body and mind to recharge, keeping the body healthy and alleviating diseases. Having a good night's sleep increases our energy and…
Looking to dive deeper into the mazes behind behavioral research? Browse through our easy-to-read introductory articles on the various mazes used for research. You’ll learn the basics behind the featured maze apparatus, what it tests, and the measurements it’s designed to acquire.
You may also want to check out these related Maze Engineers content collections for more:
- Strain Library: Browse through all the various mouse strains used in research and learn what is known about their genetics and how they are used in pharmaceutical studies.
- Mouse Ethogram: A comprehensive resource that lists detailed information profiling all known mouse behaviors, including information on pharmaceutical studies, disease models, and different mouse strains that display this behavior.
- Nutrition and Drugs: Browse through our growing catalog of nutrition and drugs where we explore the relationship between them and behavior. We also cover how different mazes are used to assess behavioral changes that occur as a result of nutrition or drug treatment.
How to Calibrate and Measure Electrical Current
June 16, 2023
For many of the automated products Maze Engineers offers, shock delivery is required. Shocks are applied using shock grids. To measure the shock current, you…
Guidelines to Rodent Enclosures and Cages
April 6, 2023
The guidelines for biomedical research involving rodents in the USA are set by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Office of Laboratory Animal…
Grip Strength Tests in Rodents
January 9, 2023
The grip strength test is performed by using the grip strength apparatus. It measures the motor functions of rodents when they grasp a specially designed pull bar assembly with a peak amount of force. The peak force applied is displayed on a digital display with precision force gauges. You can either manually record values or use the included software to do so automatically.
Maze Basics: Sleep Fragmentation Chambers
May 13, 2022
Sleep is essential for our body and mind to recharge, keeping the body healthy and alleviating diseases. Having a good night's sleep increases our energy and…
Top 10 Behavioral Mazes of 2019
December 12, 2019
Back in the 20th century, Dr. Watson, an American psychologist, argued with a group of friends, that animals do not need their vision or any other senses to…
Best Behavior Mazes: A comprehensive guide to animal testing
December 9, 2019
Behavioral testing in rodents is one of the necessary steps needed for the creation of new medication. Before any new drug becomes a product that can be used…
Maze Basics: Sucrose Preference Test
May 10, 2019
The sucrose preference test is a simple task that is used to assess motivation, depression (and anhedonia) and related emotional states in rodent models.[1] It…
Maze Basics: Light/Dark box
April 2, 2019
First introduced by the researchers Crawley and Goodwin in 1980,[1] the light/dark box consists of two chambers: a small, dark chamber which comprises…
Maze Basics: Lashley III
February 6, 2019
Introduction In searching for a localized storage point in the brain for learned information, termed an ‘‘engram,’’ Karl Lashley developed numerous rodent…
Maze Basics: Y Maze Test
November 1, 2018
Welcome to Maze Basics. Today we’ll talk about the Y Maze. The Y maze consists of three arms that are 120 degrees to each other in the shape of a capital Y.…
The Light Dark Box Test
September 10, 2018
Hi everyone and welcome back to the next installment of Maze Basic articles! Today we’ll be talking about the Light Dark Box test. This test consists of…
Maze Basics: Sociability Chamber
July 6, 2018
Welcome back to Maze Basics! Today, we’re going to talk about the Sociability Chamber. Make sure to check out the product page for more information, and check…
