Abstract
The elevated plus maze is the most widely used paradigm to evaluate anxiety-associated behavioral alterations in rodent models of central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Unconditioned aversive behavior for open and elevated areas is a measure of anxiety and can be assessed by the plus maze. Plus maze consists of perpendicularly arranged open arms and closed arms crossed in the middle with a central platform. Rodents are allowed to explore the maze between the open and closed arms. The number of entries and time spent in the open arms and the closed arms are used as indicators for the anxiety nature of the animals. Transfer latency is a memory indicator that measures the amount of time it takes to move an animal from an open arm to a closed arm. This chapter describes the pretest conditions, materials required, and protocol for the conductance and evaluating the results for the anxiety and cognition-related behavior in rodents.
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Danduga, R.C.S.R., Kola, P.K. (2024). Elevated Plus Maze for Assessment of Anxiety and Memory in Rodents. In: Ray, S.K. (eds) Neuroprotection. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2761. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3662-6_8
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