Elevated plus maze
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Elevated plus maze
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The elevated plus maze (EPM) is a test measuring anxiety in laboratory animals that usually uses rodents as a screening test for putative anxiolytic or anxiogenic compounds and as a general research tool in neurobiological anxiety research such as PTSD and TBI. The model is based on the test animal's aversion to open spaces and tendency to be thigmotaxic. In the EPM, this anxiety is expressed by the animal spending more time in the enclosed arms. The validity of the model has been criticized as
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Scientific test for laboratory mice
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevated_plus_maze
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2024-03-02T00:17:03Z
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