• The open-field test (OFT)  or open-field maze (OFM) is a classical assessment of anxiety-like behaviors and locomotor activity.
• This apparatus can be cleaned with 70% ethanol (EtOH) or bleach (Clorox).

References

1. Seibenhener, M. L., & Wooten, M. C. (2015). Use of the Open Field Maze to measure locomotor and anxiety-like behavior in mice. Journal of visualized experiments: JoVE, (96), e52434. doi:10.3791/52434.
2. Tatem, K. S., Quinn, J. L., Phadke, A., Yu, Q., Gordish-Dressman, H., & Nagaraju, K. (2014). Behavioral and locomotor measurements using an open field activity monitoring system for skeletal muscle diseases. Journal of visualized experiments: JoVE, (91), 51785. doi:10.3791/51785.