
Auto Shuttle Avoidance Test
Shuttle
Avoidance Test, also call Active Avoidance/Passive Avoidance Test,
it common
used in neuroscience to assess different form of fear-based conditioned
avoidance learning in rodents.
Active
Avoidance Teat (also called shuttle box test or automatic reflex conditioner),
i.e learning to predict the occurrence of an aversive event,
based on the
presentation of a specific stimulus, like sound, light and electricity.
Passive
Avoidance Test requires performing a specific behavior
in order to escape or
avoid the aversive stimulus, represented by mild foot shock.
