The Modified Hole Board - Measuring Behavior, Cognition and Social Interaction in Mice and Rats

Maaike Labots; Hein A. Van Lith; Frauke Ohl; Saskia S. Arndt

doi:10.3791/52529

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Der modifizierte Loch Board - Mess Verhalten, Kognition und Sozialinteraktion an Mäusen und Ratten

The Modified Hole Board – Measuring Behavior, Cognition and Social Interaction in Mice and Rats

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The Modified Hole Board – Measuring Behavior, Cognition and Social Interaction in Mice and Rats

Der modifizierte Loch Board - Mess Verhalten, Kognition und Sozialinteraktion an Mäusen und Ratten

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April 08, 2015

DOI:

10.3791/52529-v

DOI:

10.3791/52529-v

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April 08, 2015

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Maaike Labots^1,2, Hein A. Van Lith^1,2, Frauke Ohl^1,2, Saskia S. Arndt^1,2

¹Department of Animals in Science and Society,Utrecht University, ²Brain Center Rudolf Magnus

Summary

This protocol describes the modified hole board, which is a behavioral test set-up that comprises the characteristics of an open field and a traditional hole board. This set-up enables the differential analysis of unconditioned behavior of small laboratory mammals as well as the analysis of cognitive abilities.