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The Water Radial-Arm Maze: Four Out of Eight Arms Platformed Protocol for Rodents

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Part of the book series: Neuromethods ((NM,volume 94))

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This protocol provides the information necessary to experimentally test rodents on a water escape radial-arm maze task assessing working and reference memory simultaneously. Apparatus setup, testing items needed, step-by-step test procedures, testing score sheets, performance quantification procedures, and troubleshooting are specified, detailed, and discussed. Examples of peer-reviewed published research literature using these procedures are also provided.

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  1. Behavioral Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, 950 S. McAllister Ave., Box 871104, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1104, USA

    Heather A. Bimonte-Nelson Ph.D.

  2. Arizona Alzheimer’s Consortium, Phoenix, AZ, 85006, USA

    Heather A. Bimonte-Nelson Ph.D.

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  1. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA

    Heather A. Bimonte-Nelson

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Bimonte-Nelson, H.A. (2015). The Water Radial-Arm Maze: Four Out of Eight Arms Platformed Protocol for Rodents. In: Bimonte-Nelson, H. (eds) The Maze Book. Neuromethods, vol 94. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2159-1_15

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