Citation

Guidi M, Foster TC. Methods Mol. Biol. 2012; 829: 145-153.

Affiliation

Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Proteomics, and Biomarkers, Munich, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/978-1-61779-458-2_8

PMID

22231811

Abstract

The water maze task can be used to assess sensory motor and cognitive function in rodents. When properly employed, this task can behaviorally assess acquisition of a spatial search strategy, as well as working and reference memory. The following section uses research on age-related, cognitive decline to illustrate the methods employed and highlight areas that can, if not properly controlled, confound a study.

Language: en