Peer-reviewed publications citing ConductScience and MazeEngineers products across 178 journals.
...+ water). Fear conditioning: Fear conditioning was conducted in a conditioning chamber (Maze Engineers) with ANY‐maze recording. On training day, mice were habituated for 2 min, followed by three...
...being placed in a three-chamber apparatus for social behavioral testing. The custom apparatus (Maze Engineers) featured three adjacent compartments (40 × 80 × 40 cm; L × W × H) divided by walls with...
...to seek and enter a target hole. The operator was located behind a curtain. The Barnes maze (MazeEngineers) was comprised of a white circular platform 92 cm in diameter and 95 cm high with 20 circular...
...was assessed in male 7-week-old SSMlycd+/+ and SSMlycd+/- rats using a motor-driven treadmill (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL). All animals underwent a standardized acclimation and testing protocol to ensure...
...(NOR) and Elevated Plus Maze (EPM) tests. Maze equipment for EPM and NOR was obtained from Maze Engineers (Cambridge, MA, USA). The recordings for EPM and NOR were captured from an overhead vantagepoint...
The acoustic startle response (ASR) was measured using a startle reflex system (Maze Engineers), as previously described.
...paper previously soaked with deionized water and dried. The vial was attached to a T-maze (Maze Engineers) and left to rest while air flow was applied for 30 s. Then, first odor presented. After 2 min,...
...and NTg mice aged 10–12 weeks (n = 6) were tested using a rectangular grid attached to a console (Maze Engineers) that records grip force (Newton) over time, displayed via Grip TestUI (version 1.0.0.0)...
...Differences were considered significant if p < 0.05. T-maze test Automated T-Maze testing (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL, USA) was performed to assess learning and working memory as described. GluK2(A657T)...
...with high, protective walls (30 cm high) at the perimeter, and two open ones, lacking barriers (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL, USA). The assay was started by placing each animal on the runway of an open...
...a grey PVC chamber (30.5 x 20.5 x 17.8 cm, L x W x H; Attentional Set Shifting (IDED) Chamber, Maze Engineers) divided into one starting compartment and two stimulus compartments. The starting compartment...
grip strength was tested before and immediately following live animal return using a 50-N capacity grip strength meter (Conduct Science, Skokie, IL, USA). The person performing the grip strength testing was blinded to the experimental conditions during fl
촬영된 영상은 20분씩 분할하여 24개 영상이 ConductVision Tracking and Analysis Software (Conduct Science Inc.) 를 사용하여 분석되었으며, 각 개체의 좌표 기반 이동 데이터를 추출하였다.
...Training Aversion training was performed as described in using a system from MazeEngineers (Conduct Science). Briefly, flies were exposed to a neutral odor (3-octanol) by air pump in a training chamber for...
Digital Grip Strength Meter (Maze Engineers)
...regimen Mice were trained for running on a 5-lane motorized treadmill (Model 60A SM 400-LS-Z, maze engineers, USA). The industrial made treadmill needed to be optimized by removing pointed and sharp corners...
...rotarod and accompanying software (Conductor Science SA102) used in this study was purchased from Maze Engineers (Skokie, IL, USA). Mice first completed a training session on the rotarod where they would walk...
...as described before. Sensorimotor coordination and balance were assessed using a Rotarod device (Maze Engineers). Following training, 11-month-old animals were tested during 5 trials, 120 s each, on a rotating...
...5" full length of each arm type, 2" arm width, 7" tall closed arms, with 0.5" tall/wide ledges on the open arms made by Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL), with 450 light lux centered over the maze.
...assess spatial learning and memory. Testing occurred on a 92 cm diameter, 20 hole, Barnes maze (MazeEngineers) over a 6-day period, with one habituation trial, five 3-minute training trials, and a 72-hour...
...transported to the testing room in a clean transport cage and placed in the corner of a 100 x 100 cm x 40 cm open field (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL). Behavior was recorded for the entire session.
...acclimatized to the treadmill for 3 days. Briefly, they were placed on an unmoving treadmill (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL, USA) for 1–3 min and then allowed to run at a speed of 10 m/min. To test endurance...
...mounted on a fixed stand. The floors were gray, and the walls were made of clear plexiglass (Maze Engineers®, Skokie, IL). RAM testing included three phases, (1) acclimation to chocolate-flavored reward...
Mice were placed into a conditioning chamber (17 cm long x 17 cm wide x 25 cm high, Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL) with Plexiglas sidewalls and a floor of stainless-steel bars.
...precision, recovery, carryover, and stability. Motor Behavior Motor function was assayed with MazeEngineers 6‐Lane rotarod for mice (Deacon ; Koppel et al. ). All mice were acclimated 2 weeks prior to the...
...grid by the mouse is recorded by the force sensor and analyzed with the Grip Strength software (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL, USA). Balance beams were applied to examine the sensorineural balance and...
Barnes maze table (Maze Engineers, https://conductscience.com/maze/), 92cm in diameter with 20 holes
Simian Labs-Maze Engineers' Morris Water Maze Software (Build 20,210,821)
Maze Engineers equipment referenced in supplementary materials.
square maze with dimensions of 40 x 40 x 30 (l x w x h in cm; Maze Engineers, Boston, MA)
...group. Barnes maze Mice were habituated to a Barnes maze (Ø: 92 cm, 20 holes, 95 cm high; MazeEngineers) with spatial cues around the testing room for 10 to 15 min. The day after the habituation...
...and white background preference test A rectangular tank with opaque walls and bottom (Maze Engineers) was employed to conduct a test of scototaxis following previously described protocols. The tank...
...both forearms over three trails was calculated. Rotarod Mice were tested on a six-lane rotarod (Maze Engineers) set to accelerate from 4 to 40 rpm over 180 s. Latency was determined by mice meeting the...
...rim to track movement. TRM running tasks were conducted on a motorized single-lane treadmill (MazeEngineers), with markers attached to the belt at 20 cm intervals to monitor speed (Movie 5). All...
PA apparatus (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL)
...all four limbs to reduce variability and improve consistency. Grip strength was recorded via Maze Engineers Grip Strength Instrument (Skokie, IL, USA). The apparatus has a maximum tensile force range from...
...spent in close interaction with familiar or unfamiliar mouse were measured. T-maze and Y-maze (Maze Engineers; Skokie, IL) cohort assessments were performed using previously described with video recordings...
...were placed in the center of a chamber measured 40 cm (length) × 40 cm (width) × 40 cm (height) (Maze Engineers) and allowed to explore the chamber for 5 min freely (750 lux throughout the chamber). The center...
mice were tested on a commercial rotarod apparatus (MAZE ENGINEERS)
...required, as many commercial arenas are available, for example, from Maze Engineers (https://maze.conductscience.com). b. It is recommended that all interior surfaces of the arena have a matte finish to reduce...
...for 30 minutes before testing. The Morris water maze is a large plastic tank (~132 cm diameter, Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL) filled with tap water maintained at 22 °C and made opaque with white tempera paint....
...field A total of n = 11 CRHTRA1 and n = 13 WT rats aged to 12 M were used. The open field (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL) measures 60 cm x 60 cm and is constructed with matte black acrylic floor and walls....
...a circular field was utilized with 20 holes (1 escape box) along the outside (92 cm diameter, Maze Engineers), and an overhead camera acquired trials in EthoVision XT (Noldus) software. After a habituation...
...in the corner of an evenly lit square arena (80 cm × 80 cm, 41 cm height) without visual cues (Maze Engineers; Skokie, IL), and average velocity, track length, activity level, and time spent in the central...
...(0°; 35 × 11.2 cm) that is positioned out of sight of a mouse located on the central platform (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL). This configuration provides unfamiliar open spaces with no “safe” zones (e.g.,...
...set-ups were cleaned with 70% ethanol to prevent odor cues. All the mazes were purchased from Maze Engineers (Cambridge, MA, USA). The tests were recorded from a vertical point of view with a video camera...
...field test General locomotor behavior of mice was evaluated in multi-unit open field mazes (Maze Engineers). The center zone consists of a 20 × 20 cm area in the middle of the arena for center vs....
...as assess learning and memory. The experiment was conducted in a T-shaped pool (Maze Engineers, Conduct Science©, USA) filled with 23 ± 1 °C opaque water (XSL titanium white, Kremer pigments, Germany), which...
...GWI exposure model. The MWM consisted of a pool 160 cm diameter and 60 cm in height (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL, USA) filled with water opaqued with non-toxic white tempera (Blick Art Materials,...
The ASR was measured using a startle reflex system (Maze Engineers). Mice were acclimated to the testing room overnight prior to the experiment.
...two‐phase Y‐maze protocol. The testing apparatus consisted of a symmetrical Y‐shaped maze (MazeEngineers, USA) with three identical arms (40 cm length × 8 cm width × 15 cm height) positioned at...
...interactions initiated by test mouse were considered in this test. Y-maze test We used Y-maze (Maze Engineers) to perform a continuous spontaneous alternation test measuring spatial working memory deficits....
...period was implemented for all mice, with the initial settings of the shock grid at 0.9 mA (Maze Engineers Automated Treadmill, Skokie, IL, USA), after which a progressive exercise training regimen was...
...Guide for the Care and Use of Animals in Research. ViS4M The Visual-Stimuli 4-arm Maze (ViS4M) (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL), initially described by Vit et al., was performed according to the original paper...
Fear Conditioning Chambers (Maze Engineers Inc.)
Barnes maze (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA, USA)
...on modifications to the habituation phase. The apparatus used was an open-field box (50 × 50 cm, Maze Engineers, Catalog #3201). Mice at 6 months of age underwent a habituation session in an empty arena,...
>). Briefly, mice were placed onto the EPM (matte gray acrylic; wall height: 20 cm, arm length: 35 cm, arm width: 5 cm; Conduct Science; Skokie, IL) into the central zone between the closed and open arms with its head facing away from the experimenter tow
ntigens was quantified using Cellcyte X (CYTENA, Boston, MA, USA) for imaging analysis and flow cytometry (BSN-ZS-AS7S, Conduct Science, Skokie, IL, USA) for quantitative assessment. The CellCyte X system has a resolution of 0.345 µm/pixel at 10× objectiv
as previously described [41]. A clear, open-top plexiglass box (Conduct Science, Skokie, IL) measuring 82 x 82 cm was placed on a 3-foot-tall table with half of the box protruding. A black-and-white
Rotarod - Maze Engineers - Conduct Science (listed in Reagents and Tools Table)
...all mice were acclimated to use a motorized treadmill (Maze Engineers, IL), as outlined in Table S1.
...area of 100 cm2 (10 × 10 cm) and a height of 10 cm. Both the MWM and T-Insert were built by Maze Engineers and housed at the Garrison Institute of Aging (GIA) behavioral facility at TTUHSC. Animals were...
...was done using methods from our previous work. A gray open field box purchased from Maze Engineers was used for habituation and for both trials. The box was 40 cm wide, 40 cm long, and 30 cm tall....
elevated zero maze, tail suspension test apparatus, and open field activity chamber (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA, USA)
To evaluate exercise capacity and endurance, mice were run on a treadmill system (Maze Engineers: Treadmill 2009, Model No. MZ-3.0-8-52) with a stepwise acceleration protocol.
...in dim regions for a prolonged duration. The dark-bright box was executed in a box with 2 parts (MazeEngineers, USA). The test box (51 length × 51 width × 40 cm height) contained one more significant bright...
The Y-maze (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL) consisted of three equal arms...
...test was done as previously described. Briefly, mice were allowed to explore a 40 × 40 cm arena (Maze Engineers, # 3201) illuminated at 60 l × for 5 min during which the distance traveled and the time spent...
Mice were placed on a horizontal ladder (Maze Engineers, Item # 5103, 60 cm) with irregularly placed rungs (1-4 cm) and videotaped from the side.
...maze consists of an elevated circular platform (92 cm) with 20 holes (5 cm) around the perimeter (Maze Engineers). The target hole consisted of an escape box, and the remaining holes had a false floor. The...
three-chamber social interaction apparatus (MazeEngineers, 40.5 x 60 x 25 cm)
...sucrose preference test (SPT). Hyperalgesia was ascertained using an electric Von Frey apparatus (Maze Engineers), which measured the force [millinewtons (mN)] exerted by the monofilament applied...
open-field arena (a square, empty arena, 60 cm x 60 cm surrounded by walls 40 cm in height, Maze Engineers, Illinois)
...20 cm in height. These arms were attached at 120-degree angles, creating a maze-like structure (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL, USA). The mouse was placed at one end and given 5 min to explore the three arms...
...Each session lasted 60 min. Data were collected using the MazeEngineers behavioral software (Conduct Science). Optogenetic modulations of post-fasted food intake Mice received 20 min of laser stimulation...
variable speed rodent treadmill (Maze Engineers)
Plexiglass tube approximately 17 inches long and 1 inch internal diameter (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL)
...Briefly, mice were placed in the center of an empty testing area (40 × 40 cm; 30cm height, Maze Engineers) and allowed to move freely for 10 min. The session was recorded and quantified using the HVS...
The apparatus (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL) consisted of two chambers (20 x 20 x 20 cm)
...born to uninfected dams (Patil et al.,). As previously described (Noel et al.,), the Barnes Maze (Maze engineers, 412 Wilmette Ave, Glenview, IL 60025, USA) is an opaque circular platform (diameter: 92 cm,...
...preference test was performed in a three-chamber apparatus with an open top (100 × 45 × 40 cm, Maze Engineers). The chamber was divided into three compartments (center 25 × 45 × 40 cm) with a 13 cm opening...
...5 days). Behavioral Apparatus We used a standard three-chamber maze, 80 × 40 × 40 cm in size (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL, USA). The three-chamber maze had a clear polycarbonate bottom, black sides and...
40 x 40 x 30-cm box (Maze Engineers)
...training Aversion training was performed as described in using a system from MazeEngineers (Conduct Science). Briefly, flies were exposed to a neutral odor (3-octanol) by air pump in a training chamber for...
...arm maze is a clear acrylic 8 arm maze with arms radiating from an octagonal center platform (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL). Training on the maze was preceded by 3 habituation days during which the rats were...
Social Y-Maze (Conduct Science, Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL)
Social Y-Maze (Conduct Science, Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL)
...strip 5 mm wide ~4.5 in. long hex wrench 57 in. × 42 in. × 56 in. sound-attenuating chamber (Maze Engineers, catalog number: 5831) 5V activation relay module (Inland, catalog number: 509687) ArUco...
...North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) and the ACURO at the Department of Defense. The CWM (MazeEngineers; Skokie, IL) is made of acrylic and consists of multiple arms arranged to produce a maze with...
...speed of 40 RPM. Each trial took a maximum of 3 min. All data included here were obtained with a six lane rotarod from Maze Engineers with a 3 cm diameter rod.
Drosophila Shallow Chamber (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL)
Automated T-maze (MazeEngineers)
...was performed as previously described. Mice were tested using the DST-110 Digital Force Gauge (Maze Engineers). A total of 5 trials were performed per mouse and the highest and lowest values were discarded...
...36–38, balance beam for batch 2; Day 40, DigiGait for batch 2. Balance beam Balance beam test (Conduct Science MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL) was used to assess motor coordination. An 80 cm-long beam is elevated...
open field box was made with a black acrylic material, with a dimension of 60 cm x 60 cm x 40 cm (Maze engineers, USA)
Barnes maze apparatus (MazeEngineers)
suspended macrophages were removed and the remaining adherent EO771 cells were analyzed by flow cytometer (BSN-ZS-AS7S, Conduct Science, Skokie, IL, USA) to determine the iron transfer from macrophages. To further validate the cell identity, PE-Cy7-rat ag
For inverted screen testing, juvenile mice were subjected to the horizontal grid test for mice (Maze Engineers) on PND25...
All mazes were purchased from Maze Engineers (Cambridge, MA, USA).
...by 1–2 days. Elevated zero maze (EZM): Animals were allowed to explore an elevated zero maze (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL) for 5 min. Decreased time spent exploring the open arms is thought to reflect an...
Elevated zero maze (EZM): Animals were allowed to explore an elevated zero maze (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL) for 5 min.
Y-maze (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL, USA)
...were allowed to explore four novel objects in a square open field box purchased from Maze Engineers (40cm long, 40cm wide, 30cm tall) for 7 minutes (mice not exposed to the novel objects were used...
Virtual Reality Morris Water Maze (MazeEngineers, conductscience.com)
...in diameter with 20 holes (5 cm diameter) equally spaced around the perimeter (2 cm from edge) (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL). Four visual cues of different color were placed 30 cm from the edge of the maze and...
virtual Morris Water Maze software (Simian Labs-Maze Engineers, Build 20210821)
...as reported before (Tucker and McCabe). Mice were placed into the closed section of the maze (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA, USA) and were allowed to explore for 5 min. Time spent in the closed section was...
...Plate Test Thermal hyperalgesia was determined in mice using a specifically designed hot plate (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL, USA). The plate temperature was set to 55 °C. Mouse was placed on the hot plate, and...
...the latency to response (in seconds) when mice were placed on a plexiglass-enclosed hot plate (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL, USA). The hot plate temperature was set to 55 °C, and individual testing began once...
elevated zero maze (EZM; MazeEngineers)
Mice were placed in one arm of a standard Y-maze (MazeEngineers, Boston, MA)
...Our CPP apparatus is custom made (Maze Engineers; Skokie, IL) and consists of two conditioning chambers separated by a corridor with sliding walls...
...was used in analyses. Heat hyperalgesia Thermal hyperalgesia was assessed using a hot plate (Maze Engineers). The testing temperature was set to 52.5°C. The heat sensitivity measures were always done...
...Object Recognition (NOR) Procedure: Mice were habituated to open field arenas (40×40×40cm; MazeEngineers, USA) for 30 minutes on the first day and 15 minutes on the second day. In the single...
...consists of an open field (40.5 × 40.5 × 30cm) composed entirely of solid, light gray plastic (Maze Engineers, Glenview, IL, USA). Mice were placed in the center of the apparatus and allowed to freely...
...Traditional Protocol Both BM protocols utilized a 93 cm diameter blue platform obtained from Maze Engineers (Skokie, IL, USA) with 20 holes equally spaced around the outside of the platform. Each hole was...
...behavioral setups. We used our 2MDR system with a regular auditory fear conditioning (FC) system (Maze Engineers) and a TTL trigger unit (Maze Engineers). We isolated the fear conditioning box with acoustic...
...to the treadmill (DJ2-242 Dual Treadmill, Daejong Instrument, Treadmill for 8 mice LT320, Maze engineers) before running tests. The acclimation scheme was the 10-min running at a speed of 10 m/min for 3...
...All data included here were obtained with a six lane rotarod from Maze Engineers with are 3 cm diameter rod...
...of 100 metal rungs (3 mm each) forming a ladder floor that is raised above the surface (from Maze Engineers). The minimum space between the metal rungs is 1 cm. However, for this study, to challenge the...
...a commercially-obtained circular mouse swimming pool measuring 5 ft in diameter and 31 cm deep (Maze Engineers, MA, USA) was filled with tap water mixed with non-toxic water-based white paint. A video...
...for 15 minutes (pretest) and 5 minutes (test) in a cylinder with 30-cm diameter and 60-cm height (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL, USA) filled with 30 cm tap water at a temperature of 24°C ± 1°C. Four cylinders were...
...toward an unfamiliar CD1 target animal. The arena was a white open field (40 × 40 cm height; Maze Engineers) maintained in complete darkness supplemented with red lamp lights. 24 h after the final defeat,...
...were assessed using an open field arena [60 cm × 60 cm surrounded by walls 40 cm in height (Maze Engineers, IL)]. Square grid crossings on the floor of the arena were used to track total distance traveled...
...field test consisted of 5 min trial in a white opaque arena of 45 cm × 45 cm × 30 cm in size (Maze Engineers, Boston, USA). The test arena was divided equally into nine square quadrants. Each mouse was...
The CPP apparatus (Maze Engineers) consisted of two distinct chambers (34 × 25 cm) separated by a neutral middle compartment (6 × 25 cm).
CPP apparatus (Maze Engineers)
...For the Rotarod test, mice from the same cage were placed on the apparatus (Maze Engineers) facing forward at a speed of 4 rpm...
...Open field test consisted of 5 min trial in a white opaque arena of 45 cm × 45 cm × 30 cm in size (Maze Engineers, Boston, USA)...
Barnes maze (Maze Engineers)
We then habituated mice to an automated T-maze (Maze Engineers) for 2 days.
...IR-sensitive GigE camera with a transparent cylindrical enclosure measuring 60 cm in diameter (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL, USA). The table was enclosed within a noise canceling room (MDL 4848 S, Whisper Room...
elevated zero maze (Maze Engineers)
...of all movements and included sleeping and still and alert behaviors as advocated at https://conductscience.com/maze/resources/mouse-ethogram/inactive-behaviors-overview/. (v) Allogrooming, social...
Active/Passive Avoidance Shuttle Box (MazeEngineers)
All mazes were purchased at Maze Engineers (Cambridge, MA).
...engaging the grid. For the Rotarod test, mice from the same cage were placed on the apparatus (Maze Engineers) facing forward at a speed of 4 rpm. Once the mice were in placed, the Rotarod accelerated from 4...
...the CPP phenotype to the C57Bl/6J cohort of animals across sex. Our CPP apparatus is custom made (Maze Engineers; Skokie, IL) and consists of two conditioning chambers separated by a corridor with sliding...
...that are positioned out of sight of the animal when it is located on the central platform (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL). This configuration provides unfamiliar open spaces with no “safe” zones as found in...
behavioral chambers (MazeEngineers, 40 x 40 cm)
...terminated, and the mouse was removed from the apparatus to prevent thermal injury. Tail flick Maze Engineers tail flick device was used to test each individual mouse. Mice were restrained in an A refrainer...
...behavior, and was performed in a standardized arena of 40 × 40 cm made from inert plastic (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL, USA). For a better habituation, all the animals were placed in the experimental room...
Maze Engineers equipment referenced in supplementary materials.
...Y-Maze behavioral assay Memory function was assessed using the Y-maze (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL, USA) using two different configurations...
...was blinded during the tests. Experiments were performed using the fear-conditioning system from Maze Engineers. On day 1, mice were placed in the fear-conditioning cage for 3 minutes to record pretraining...
Mice were placed in the center of a Y-maze (Maze Engineers, single arm dimensions 2.75 in. × 13.75 in. × 8 in.)
Active/Passive Avoidance Shuttle Boxes (MazeEngineers, Boston, MA)
... Locking ball and socket mount Thorlabs TRB2 Power meter Thorlabs S405C Y maze Maze Engineers 3501 Virkon S Amazon ASIN#B0088OKF1E Thermal camera FLIR A325sc Video camera Canon VIXIA HF...
...memory by spontaneous alternation test in the Y-maze. Mice were placed in one arm of a Y-maze (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL) and allowed to freely navigate for 10 min. Behavior was tracked via AnyMaze video...
...with three arms of 5 cm wide × 35 cm long with 20 cm tall transparent walls placed 120° apart (Maze Engineers). Black shapes (dots, stripes, and squares) were positioned at the end of each arm to serve as...
...of mice. Rotarod test in normal C57BL/6J mice Mice were placed on a rotating rod (Mouse 6 Lane, Maze Engineers) with rotation speed gradually increasing from 4 to 40 RPM with an acceleration of 20 rpm2 over a...
...of mice. Rotarod test in normal C57BL/6J mice Mice were placed on a rotating rod (Mouse 6 Lane, Maze Engineers) with rotation speed gradually increasing from 4 to 40 RPM with an acceleration of 20 rpm2 over a...
athogens-12-00558">2.4. Olfactory Choice Test—Y-MazeTo evaluate the chemosensory responses, a Y-maze (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL, USA) after Simonnet et al. (2014) [59] was used
...anxiolytic effects of SON were tested in the EOM apparatus. 2.3.2. Apparatus The EOM apparatus (Maze Engineers, Glenview, IL, USA) consisted of a circular platform placed on 61 cm tall stands. The diameter of...
...Elevated zero maze (EZM): Animals were allowed to explore an elevated zero maze (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL) for 5 min...
Mice were housed in a custom-made homecage (Maze Engineers)
...both objects. Fear conditioning Fear conditioning was conducted in a fear conditioning chamber (Maze Engineers). The ANY‐maze software (Stoelting) was used to control the delivery of tones and foot shocks....
...as previously described. Each mouse was placed into the closed section of the apparatus (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA, USA) and allowed to explore for 5 min. Time spent in the closed section was measured...
Each mouse was placed into the closed section of the apparatus (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA, USA). Tail suspension test apparatus (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA, USA)
...approximately 5 weeks post-immunization. Briefly, mice were placed in the center of the maze (Maze Engineers, Glenview, IL) and trained to find a hidden target platform for 2 trials per day over 4...
Mice were placed in a 40 cm x 40 cm x 40 cm white plexiglass chamber (Maze Engineers; Boston, MA)
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...elevated maze consisting of continuous alternating open and closed areas arranged in a circle (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA). The mouse was placed in an open area of the EZM and allowed to explore the maze...
The EZM is a circular, elevated maze consisting of continuous alternating open and closed areas arranged in a circle (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA)
...were given 10 min to habituate to the middle section of a large chamber (40 × 20 × 25 cm; MazeEngineers) divided into three sections. Dividers between each section were sliding doors to allow for free...
...was measured by t-test. Barnes Maze We conducted all trials except the training of Barnes maze (Maze Engineers) testing in a behavioral suite with spatial cues and an aversive light. Following training to the...
...3 post-induction (Table 1). In brief, rats were placed on an exercise regime where the treadmill (Maze Engineers, USA) inclination was set at 12° and the speed started at a slow pace of 5 m/min for 2 min. The...
...3 post-induction (Table 1). In brief, rats were placed on an exercise regime where the treadmill (Maze Engineers, USA) inclination was set at 12° and the speed started at a slow pace of 5 m/min for 2 min. The...
...Maze The Barnes maze was conducted as previously described. In brief, the maze (Maze Engineers; Skokie, IL) consisted of 20 equally spaced holes each 5 cm in diameter with a single black...
...(initiated by the test mouse only) was video recorded for 5 m. Y-maze test A Y-maze apparatus (Maze Engineers) was used to score the continuous and spontaneous alternation in mice. The Y-maze consists of...
...(initiated by the test mouse only) was video recorded for 5 m. Y-maze test A Y-maze apparatus (Maze Engineers) was used to score the continuous and spontaneous alternation in mice. The Y-maze consists of...
...The floor of both chambers contains metal rungs on the floor connected to a shock delivery apparatus (Maze Engineers)...
...in the figure legends. Barnes maze All rats were naïve to behavioral assessment. Barnes maze (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA) testing was conducted in a behavioral suite with spatial cues, with an aversive...
...in the figure legends. Barnes maze All rats were naïve to behavioral assessment. Barnes maze (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA) testing was conducted in a behavioral suite with spatial cues, with an aversive...
The OFT/OLT arena (Maze engineers, 412 Wilmette Ave, Glenview, IL 60025, USA) (80 × 80 × 30 cm)...
The OFT/OLT arena (Maze engineers, 412 Wilmette Ave, Glenview, IL 60025, USA)
...was conducted with an eight-armed commercially available radial arm maze with a center platform (MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL, USA). The mice were habituated to the radial arm maze for two days for 10 min per...
Mice were subjected to the Y-Maze (MazeEngineers) test described in...
...and physiological assays Spontaneous alternation Y-maze: Mice were subjected to the Y-Maze (MazeEngineers) test described in, with modifications. Mice were allowed to freely explore the maze for 10 min....
...set-ups were cleaned with ethanol 70% to prevent odor cues. All mazes were purchased at Maze Engineers (Cambridge, MA, USA). EPMT and NOR were recorded from a vertical point of view with a video...
...observed in ByJ mice could be explained by a lack of preference between chow and palatable food (Maze Engineers.,). In order to determine if there is a difference in novelty preference, a novelty preference...
The Y-maze was purchased from Maze Engineers (Cambridge, MA, USA)
A hidden platform (12.6 cm in diameter, 1 cm below water surface, ConductScience)
Mice were placed in an acrylic chamber equipped with a stainless-steel grid floor through which electric shock could be delivered (MazeEngineers).
...Horizontal ladder test Mice were trained for 2 days to cross a 60 cm long, horizontal ladder (Maze Engineers, Skokie, USA)...
...as animals must maintain and update a mental log of arm entries. The Y-maze was purchased from Maze Engineers (Skokie, IL, USA), with each arm 11-cm wide and 50-cm long. Y-maze methods were adopted from our...
...The apparatus consists of an open field (40.5 × 40.5 × 30cm) composed entirely of solid, light gray plastic (Maze Engineers, Glenview, IL, USA)...
...at 2 kHz, and low pass filtered at 200 Hz. Social task-elicited gamma We utilized a 3 chamber (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA, USA) task protocol modified from DeVito, et al. portrayed in Fig. 1A. SRKO mice and...
We utilized a 3 chamber (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA, USA) task protocol
... 2.4.8 Contextual Fear Conditioning Fear memory was tested using the Fear Conditioning system (Maze Engineers, Boston, USA) in an acrylic plastic cage of 17 × 17 × 25 cm placed over a shock generator grid....
These arms are 50 cm long x 10 cm wide (Maze Engineers, n.d.). Opposing arms match each other, meaning that the open arms are opposite each other and the enclosed arms are opposite each other (Maze Engineers, n.d.).
an acrylic chamber equipped with a stainless-steel grid floor through which electric shock could be delivered (MazeEngineers)
...The test consisted of one 10 min trial in a white opaque 40 cm × 40 cm × 30 cm arena (Maze Engineers)...
...(Grn+/+). The test consisted of one 10 min trial in a white opaque 40 cm × 40 cm × 30 cm arena (Maze Engineers). The center zone was defined as a square covering 16% of the total area (16 cm × 16 cm central...
visual cliff apparatus (Conduct Science, Boston, MA)
Testing was performed in a gray open field box 40cm long, 40cm wide, and with a height of 30cm purchased from Maze Engineers. 4 different objects approximately 8 cm tall were placed in the arena.
treadmill (Maze Engineers, USA)
...at 3 months post-diabetes. All rats were placed on an exercise regime where the treadmill (Maze Engineers, USA) inclination was set at 12° and the speed started at a slow pace of 5 m/min for 2 min. The...
An automated 5-lane mouse treadmill (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL) was used in the forced running model
An automated 5-lane mouse treadmill (Maze Engineers, Skokie, IL) was used in the forced running model.
...used a square hole–board arena measuring 600 × 600 × 450 mm (Hole–board for rats, manufactured by MazeEngineers, Skokie, IL, USA) (Figure 1). The transparent Plexiglas walls were covered to prevent the animals...
...120 cm MWM pool (Maze engineers, Cambridge, MA), Heater (Maze engineers), Platform (30cm, Maze engineers), Gantry (Maze engineers)...
...at 4 weeks post-TBI at the San Francisco VA Animal Behavior Core Facility. A swimming pool (Maze Engineers) filled with opaque water was monitored using video tracking software, Ethovision XT13 (Noldus),...
...were counted by four blinded raters. Y-maze test The y-maze test was constructed according to Maze Engineers (USA). The mice were placed in the y-maze for 5 min to freely explore the three arms. The y-maze...
Y-maze (Maze Engineers) was used to perform a continuous spontaneous alternation test.
...was of similar age, same-sex, and similar weight as the test mouse. Y-maze test Y-maze (Maze Engineers) was used to perform a continuous spontaneous alternation test. There were three arms in Y-maze...
...plastic open field box with dimensions of 40cm wide, 40cm long, and a 30cm height was purchased (Maze Engineers), and the box surrounded by distal spatial cues. The floor of the box contained a square textured...
...place paradigm: Mice were water scheduled (2 hours per day) and trained in an automatized T-maze (MazeEngineers, Skokie, Illinois, United States of America) to a nonmatch to place task. Briefly, each trial was...
The prototype used to collect the present data shares the same specifications (including the color LED lights) with the now commercially available ViS4M manufactured by Maze Engineers.
The prototype used to collect the present data shares the same specifications (including the color LED lights) with the now commercially available ViS4M manufactured by Maze Engineers.
...novel areas. Mice were placed at the end of one arm facing the center in a standard Y-maze (MazeEngineers, Boston, MA) consisting of a high-walled chamber with three arms connected at 120°. Investigators...
...novel areas. Mice were placed at the end of one arm facing the center in a standard Y-maze (MazeEngineers, Boston, MA) consisting of a high-walled chamber with three arms connected at 120°. Investigators...
...0.3 mA, 3 s; random 1–15 s inter-shock intervals). Active/Passive Avoidance Shuttle Boxes from MazeEngineers (Boston, MA) were used for the experiment. To assess the degree of aversive learning, test...
the hot plate (maze engineers) was set to 55.0°C and the time spent licking...
...socially-housed groups. All mice were habituated to the experimenter and to the T-maze apparatus (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA; stem 30 × 10 cm, arm length 30 cm each) used for the CBC test at the beginning of...
Mice were placed in the center of a Y-maze (Maze Engineers, single arm dimensions 2.75 in. × 13.75 in. × 8 in.)
Y-Maze (Maze Engineers, single arm dimensions 2.75 in. x 13.75 in. x 8 in.)
...fear conditioning systems available, including (Coulbourn Instruments, Whitehall PA, USA), MazeEngineers, (Boston MA, USA), Med Associates (St. Albans, VT USA), Stoelting Ugo Basile (Wood Dale, IL USA),...
...consists of a square field (72 X 72 cm) surrounded by outer walls with a height of 25-28 cm (Maze Engineers; Boston, MA). The middle of the apparatus contains a central square arena (40 X 40 cm) that is...
...for learning and memory utilizing the Barnes Maze (92 cm diameter, 20 holes, 5 cm holes) (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA USA) and the Ethovision XT software (Noldus, Leesburg, VA USA) at the same time each...
...for learning and memory utilizing the Barnes Maze (92 cm diameter, 20 holes, 5 cm holes) (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA USA) and the Ethovision XT software (Noldus, Leesburg, VA USA) at the same time each...
...a dark (enclosed side) connected by a small hole to allow the mouse to travel between each side (Maze Engineers). The mouse was placed in the dark side and movements were recorded using an overhead camera with...
...Briefly, mice were placed in the center of the maze (Maze Engineers, Glenview, IL) and trained to find a hidden target platform for 2 trials per day over 4 consecutive days...
...assay, a mouse connected to optic fibers habituated to a custom two/three-chamber apparatus (MazeEngineers, Boston, MA, USA) in the three-chamber configuration for 5 minutes. Immediately following the...
Mice were allowed to explore a 40 × 40 × 40 cm box (MazeEngineers, United States) for 5 min.
...test (OFT) was adapted from previous studies. Mice were allowed to explore a 40 × 40 × 40 cm box (MazeEngineers, United States) for 5 min. The total distance traveled by each mouse was used to evaluate mice’...
Training took place on a custom automated radial maze (Maze Engineers, Cambridge, MA) with a 33.2 cm wide hub and pneumatic drop doors at the entrances to the 8 arms, each measuring 48.26 cm long, 10.79 cm wide with 20.95 cm tall walls.
...RAWM test was performed in a circular pool (diameter = 121 cm, depth 75 cm, Fig 1A and 1B) (MazeEngineers, Boston, MA). A base (9 cm high), and an 8-shaped platform were added to the pool and eight...
Mice were seated on a rod rotating at 4 rpm in a six-lane Rotarod apparatus (Maze Engineers).
Six-lane Rotarod apparatus (Maze Engineers)
A circular field (Maze Engineers) was used (20 holes, one is the escape box).
A circular field (Maze Engineers) was used (20 holes, one is the escape box).
A circular field (Maze Engineers) was used (20 holes, one is the escape box)
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An elevated zero apparatus was used from Maze Engineers (Boston, MA).
...light cycle. Spatial learning/memory was assayed using an automated 8 arm radial maze (Fig. 3a; MazeEngineers, Cambridge, MA, USA) integrated with EthoVision XT video tracking software (Noldus, Leesburg, VA,...
...respectively. Open field test The test chamber was 60 cm for both side-widths × 40cm in height (Maze Engineers) with a floor illumination at ~60–80 lux. Rats were placed in the peripheral area facing the...
...The recording arena consisted of a 46 × 46 × 55 cm gray acrylic box with an open top (Maze Engineers)...
Mice were tested in an active avoidance shuttle box (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA)...
...and learning performance were assessed by placing mice onto an accelerating circular rod (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA, USA). The time until falling was recorded for each mouse. Mice were given four...
...assay was performed as described with minor revisions. The T-maze equipment was purchased from MazeEngineers (Boston, MA, USA). We trained the flies by electroshock consisting of twelve 3.75-second pulses...
The T-maze equipment was purchased from MazeEngineers (Boston, MA, USA).
custom-made opaque Plexiglas conditioning chambers (Maze Engineers, Glenview, IL, USA)
The Y-Maze (Maze Engineers) consisted of three gray acrylic closed arms measuring 35 cm L × 5 cm W × 20 cm H.
The Y-Maze (Maze Engineers) consisted of three gray acrylic closed arms measuring 35 cm L x 5 cm W x 20 cm H
...mouse in the center of a 1 m long beam 12 mm wide that was elevated 50 cm above a table surface (Maze Engineers, Boston, Massachusetts). The time taken in seconds for each mouse to cross the beam to a safe...
...mouse in the center of a 1 m long beam 12 mm wide that was elevated 50 cm above a table surface (Maze Engineers, Boston, Massachusetts). The time taken in seconds for each mouse to cross the beam to a safe...
Performance in the Y-maze was assessed by both automated quantitation (Maze Engineers; Cambridge, MA) and manual observation.
Mice were evaluated for learning and memory utilizing the Barnes Maze (92 cm diameter, 20 holes, 5 cm holes) (Maze Engineers, Boston, MA USA) and the Ethovision XT software (Noldus, Leesburg, VA USA)...
An elevated zero apparatus was used from Maze Engineers (Boston, MA).
...holes evenly spaced around the edge of a brightly-lit 100 cm in diameter circular arena (Maze Engineers). While most of the holes (nontarget) have nothing beneath them and lead nowhere, the target...
Purchased commercially, the acquisition of a simple EPM, designed for rat use, as described previously, would cost a university department approximately $2,200.00 (based on pricing information from Maze Engineers, Braintree Scientific Inc., Stoelting, and Kinder Scientific).
Three-chamber CPP Arena (Maze Engineers)
...maze The Barnes maze was used to assess spatial memory after injury. The Barnes maze (Maze Engineers, Cambridge, MA) is an elevated circular platform (122 cm diameter) with 20 holes (10cm diameter)...
The maze, made of white, circular plastic (92 cm diameter) with a black false bottom, was purchased from Maze Engineers (Glenview, IL).
...lasted for 10 minutes. Performance in the Y-maze was assessed by both automated quantitation (Maze Engineers; Cambridge, MA) and manual observation. Spontaneous alternations were calculated as the...
A T-shaped gray plastic maze (obtained from Maze Engineers)
...A T-shaped gray plastic maze (obtained from Maze Engineers) featured three arms, one start arm and two goal arms...
Light/Dark Box apparatus, 40 cm x 40 cm x 34.5 cm (Maze Engineers)
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