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behavior
The Rotarod Test (For Mice)
November 5, 2015
Ask a neuroscientist what the rotarod test is useful for and the answer is likely to be straightforward: it’s a test of motor coordination. The rotarod test…
Safety in the Shadows: Using the Light/Dark Maze in Anxiety Research
October 14, 2015
Introduction As we’ve seen in previous studies, mice tend to avoid well-lit areas in favor of the dark. This predisposition is personified in the form of the…
Differences in Stress Response in the Morris Water Maze and the Barnes Maze
September 30, 2015
Last time on the Maze Engineers blog we covered sex differences in performance on the forced swim trial. Today’s special will also involve water-based tasks,…
Forced Swim Test in Mice: Studying Anxiety Across Genders
September 23, 2015
In today’s installment of the Maze Engineers blog, we’ll be exploring more sex differences in maze studies. This time, we’ll be looking at the Forced Swim Test…
Novel Object Recognition Test: Testing Exploration and Memory
December 18, 2014
Welcome back to the Maze Engineers blog! Today we’re going to talk about how basic object recognition is tested in mice/rats. Object recognition is a complex…
Hippocampus vs navigation
December 2, 2014
Startle Response: Acoustic Startle Reflex Response 101
May 15, 2014
Today’s topic is the acoustic startle reflex response (in mice/rats). Many of you may be familiar with this term, but may not really know what it is or why it…