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Analyzing Spatial Learning and Prosocial Behavior in Mice Using the Barnes Maze and Damsel-in-Distress Paradigms
James Ingersoll 1, Michael Moody 1, Robert Holland 1, Wesley Kuegler 1, Charles Murrah Jr. 1, John Winslow 1, Neal Reynolds 1, Nathaniel Lloyd 1, Brian Dugan 1, Madalyn Hammock 1, Katherine Houlé 2, Erin Clabough 1
1Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, 2College of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, College of South Carolina

This protocol measures spatial learning and memory using the Barnes maze. A novel Damsel-in-Distress paradigm is used to assess locomotor activity and prosocial behavior in mice.

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