The Modified Hole Board - Measuring Behavior, Cognition and Social Interaction in Mice and RatsMaaike Labots 1,2, Hein A. Van Lith 1,2, Frauke Ohl 1,2, Saskia S. Arndt 1,2
1Department of Animals in Science and Society, Utrecht University, 2Brain Center Rudolf Magnus
This protocol describes the modified hole board, which is a behavioral test set-up that comprises the characteristics of an open field and a traditional hole board. This set-up enables the differential analysis of unconditioned behavior of small laboratory mammals as well as the analysis of cognitive abilities.