| square_cage |
2D |
It’s like a home cage, but with fresh bedding and pellets to eat |
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| Head-fixed disc |
1D Restricted |
Animal is head-fixed and positioned on a horizontal freely moving disc. The animal can spin the disk. |
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| Forced swim test |
3D |
The forced swim test, also known as the behavioral despair test, is used to test for depression-like behavior in both mice and rats. |
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| Elevated zero maze |
2D Restricted |
The elevated zero maze is very similar to the elevated plus maze, but lacks a center square. Gives an indication of anxiety versus exploration. |
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| Y-maze |
2D Restricted |
The Y-maze is, similar to the T-maze, a test to investigate spatial learning and memory. Specifically designed for testing rats or mice. |
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| T-maze |
2D Restricted |
The T-maze task is an investigation of spatial learning and memory. Subsequently, reversal learning or retention can be investigated. |
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| Barnes maze |
2D |
The Barnes maze is a paradigm to study spatial learning and memory. It consists of a circular table with holes around the circumference. |
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| Morris water maze |
2D |
The Morris water maze task is a popular and well-validated test for spatial learning: most-used behavioral test in neuroscience research |
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| Elevated plus maze |
2D Restricted |
The elevated plus maze is a well-characterized behavioral paradigm, one of the most used tests for anxiety research |
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| Open field environment |
2D |
An open field environment without walls typically raised above the floor. |
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| Linear track |
1D Restricted |
A simple linear track which only allows the animal to run back and forth along a linear trajectory. |
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| Figure eight maze |
2D Restricted |
A figure-8 maze where the animal can run along a outer square shared track and further along a centerline as well, which connects the outer track. |
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| Circular track |
2D Restricted |
A circular maze that only allows the animal to run in a circular fashion. |
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| Radial arm maze |
2D Restricted |
A simple homemade eight-arm radial arm maze with sidewalls to prevent interarm traverses
The radial arm maze was designed by Olton and Samuelson in 1976 to measure spatial learning and memory in rats.[1] The original apparatus consists of eight equidistantly spaced arms, each about 4 feet long, and all radiating from a small circular central platform (later versions have used as few as three[2] and as many as 48 arms[3]). At the end of each arm there is a food site, the contents of which are not visible from the central platform. |
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| Theta maze |
2D Restricted |
A circular maze with a central arm going across the center of the circle. |
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| Sleepbox |
2D |
A sleepbox is a box, with sound and visual isolation from the outside surroundings. It isolates the animal from outside sound- and visual distractions. The animal will typically be located in its homecage inside the sleep box. |
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| Cheeseboard maze |
2D |
A circular disk maze with drilled holes in the maze for hidden rewards |
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| Homecage |
2D |
The homecage belonging to the animal. |
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| Running wheel |
0D |
A running wheel. The wheel can have another simple environment connecting to the wheel. |
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