UCL Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour

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Behavior

A Behavioral Assay for Investigating the Role of Spatial Memory During Instinctive Defense in Mice

Ruben Vale^1,2, Dominic Evans^1,2, Tiago Branco^1,2

¹UCL Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, ²MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

This protocol describes a behavioral assay, based on the Barnes maze test, to study how instinctive defensive actions are modified by the knowledge of spatial environment.