Open Field Test
Objective: Assessment of locomotor activity and exploratory behavior in mice in an open arena environment as part of a standardized behavioral phenotyping test battery
This is a Open Field Test protocol using mouse as the model organism. The procedure involves 1 procedural steps, 1 equipment items. Extracted from a 2008 paper published in Physiological Genomics.
Model and subjects
mouse • Four inbred reference strains: C57BL/6J, C3HeB/FeJ, BALB/cByJ, 129S2/SvPas • unknown • Not specified • Not specified
Study window
Estimated timing pending
Core workflow
Open field test
Primary readouts
- Locomotor activity
- Exploratory behavior
Key equipment and reagents
Verified items
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Open field test
Mice are placed in an open field arena to assess locomotor activity and exploratory behavior
Note: Part of a standardized operating procedure (SOP) developed and tested across five research centers as part of the EUMORPHIA program
View evidence from paper
“the operating procedures employed, which includes open field, SHIRPA, grip-strength, rotarod, Y-maze, prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle response, and tail flick tests”