Abstract
This protocol provides the information necessary to experimentally test rodents on a water escape radialarm maze task assessing high load working memory. Apparatus setup, testing items needed, step-by-step test procedures, testing score sheets, performance quantifi cation procedures, and troubleshooting are specified, detailed, and discussed. Examples of peer-reviewed published research literature using these procedures are also provided.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 421-427 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Neuromethods |
Volume | 94 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Animal model
- Learning
- Maze
- Memory
- Memory load
- Mouse
- Rat
- Rodent
- Spatial memory
- Testing procedures
- Working memory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Neuroscience