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Behavior

The Modified Hole Board - Measuring Behavior, Cognition and Social Interaction in Mice and Rats

Maaike 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.