Olfactory Discrimination Task
Objective: Assess ability to discriminate between discrete odors and fine olfactory discrimination between similar odors
This is a Olfactory Discrimination Task protocol using mouse as the model organism. The procedure involves 2 procedural steps. Extracted from a 2004 paper published in Journal of Neuroscience.
Model and subjects
mouse • Not specified in methods • unknown • Young adult (2 months) and aged (24 months) • Not specified
Study window
Estimated timing pending
Core workflow
Discrete odor discrimination task • Fine olfactory discrimination task
Primary readouts
- Ability to discriminate between two discrete odors
- Ability to discriminate between similar odors (fine olfactory discrimination)
- Performance comparison between age groups
- Performance comparison between genotypes
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Discrete odor discrimination task
Mice were tested on their ability to discriminate between two discrete odors
Note: Aged mice exhibited no differences from young adult mice in their ability to discriminate between two discrete odors
View evidence from paper
“Aged mice exhibited no differences from young adult mice in their ability to discriminate between two discrete odors”
Fine olfactory discrimination task
Mice were tested on their ability to perform discriminations between similar odors
Note: Aged mice were significantly poorer at performing discriminations between similar odors compared to young adult mice
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“were significantly poorer at performing discriminations between similar odors (fine olfactory discrimination)”