Elevated Plus Maze
Objective: A spatial anxiety test measuring open and closed arm exploration in rats to assess fear-related behavioral responses
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Protocol Steps
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”