Use of the open field maze to measure locomotor and anxiety-like behavior in mice

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 96, 2015, Pages

  Seibenhener, Michael L ^a   Wooten, Michael C ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anxiety; Behavior; Drug treatment; Issue 96; Locomotor activity; Open field maze; Thigmotaxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; C57BL MOUSE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 84923571647     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52434     Document Type: Article

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