| Message: | The radial arm maze is a commonly used task to assess two types of memory: reference memory and working memory. Working memory corresponds to a critical cognitive domain required for the representation of objects or places during goal-directed behavior. Alternatively, reference memory is required for temporally stable representations of those objects or places. Creative Biolabs utilizes the radial arm maze paradigms to assess these two types of memory in rodents.
The radial arm maze was developed by Olton and Samuelson in 1976 to measure the special learning and memory in rats. Now it has been widely used in other rodents like mice. The radial arm maze apparatus consists of eight horizontal arms placed radially around a central platform above the floor. Animals are placed on the central platform and allowed to explore the maze for reinforcers (baits) placed at the end of each arm. Each testing session lasts until all eight arms have been entered or 10 min has passed since the start of the test. https://www.creative-biolabs.com/drug-discovery/therapeutics/radial-arm-maze.htm. |
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