The modified elevated gap interaction test: A novel paradigm to assess social preference
Chris De Zeeuw, Si-yang Yu, Jiawei Chen, Willem Van Hoogstraten, Arn Van den Maagdenberg, Laurens Bosman, Lieke Kros · FENS Forum 2024
Social deficits play a role in numerous psychiatric, neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders. Relating complex behavior, such as social interaction, to brain activity remains one of the biggest goals and challenges in neuroscience. Availability of standardized behavioral tests that assess social preference is however, limited. Here, we present a novel behavioral set-up and paradigm that we developed to measure social behavior, the modified elevated gap interaction test (MEGIT). In this test, animals are placed on one of two elevated platforms separated by a gap, in which they can engage
ePoster · Neuroscience