Elevated Plus Maze
Objective: A spatial anxiety test measuring open and closed arm exploration in rats to assess fear-related behavioral responses
This is a Elevated Plus Maze protocol using rat as the model organism. The procedure involves 1 procedural steps, 1 equipment items. Extracted from a 2002 paper published in Genome Research.
Model and subjects
rat • Roman high and low avoidance rats (F2 intercross) • unknown • Not specified • Not specified
Study window
Estimated timing pending
Core workflow
Elevated Plus Maze Testing
Primary readouts
- Open arm exploration
- Closed arm exploration
- Anxiety-related behavior patterns
- Behavioral responses to fear-inducing environment
Key equipment and reagents
Verified items
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Elevated Plus Maze Testing
Rats were tested in the elevated plus maze as part of a battery of animal models of anxiety to assess fear-related behavioral responses
Note: This test was one of multiple anxiety models used in the study alongside two-way active avoidance, conditioned fear, open field activity, acoustic startle response, and defecation in novel environment
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“The QTL influences two-way active avoidance, conditioned fear, elevated plus maze, and open field activity but not acoustic startle response or defecation in a novel environment”