Abstract
This protocol provides the information necessary to experimentally test rodents on the Morris maze task assessing spatial reference memory. Apparatus setup, step-by-step test procedures, and performance quantification procedures 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) | 441-449 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Neuromethods |
Volume | 94 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Animal model
- Learning
- Maze
- Memory
- Memory retention
- Mouse
- Rat
- Reference memory
- Rodent
- Spatial memory
- Testing procedures
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics(all)
- Psychiatry and Mental health