Marble burying reflects a repetitive and perseverative behavior more than novelty-induced anxiety

By Alexia M. Thomas, April Burant, Nghiem Bui, Deanna Graham, L. Yuva-Paylor, R. Paylor. Psychopharmacology, 2009

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

• The microbiota modulates gut physiology and behavioral abnormalities associated with autism (2013, neutral): “The marble burying test measures the propensity of mice to engage repetitively in a natural digging behavior that is not confounded by anxiety (Thomas et al., 2009).”
• Microbial reconstitution reverses maternal diet-induced social and synaptic deficits in offspring (2016, positive): “Marble Burying Marble burying was performed as previously described (Thomas et al., 2009).”
• Maternal immune activation yields offspring displaying mouse versions of the three core symptoms of autism (2012, methodology): “The third cardinal symptom of autism involves repetitive/stereotyped behavior, which can be assayed in mice by quantifying self-grooming and compulsive burying of marbles placed in the nest (Thomas et al., 2009).”
• Behavioural phenotyping assays for mouse models of autism (2010, background): “Marble burying, a repetitive digging behaviour, is scored by counting the remaining unburied marble”