Horizontal Ladder citations

Maze Engineers, part of ConductScience, makes this product. Each study below names the product or its maker in the sentence quoted under its title.

6 papers as of

Recombinant human DNase treatment mitigates extracellular trap mediated damage and improves long-term recovery after spinal cord injury in male mice

Shelby K. Reid, Miranda E. Leal-Garcia, Ashley V. Tran et al. · Brain, Behavior, and Immunity · 2025

From the methods
The horizontal ladder (Maze Engineers) consisted of transparent acrylic walls (15 x 60 cm) with 50 metal rungs (0.3 cm diameter) spaced 1 cm apart across the length of the ladder.
Sex-dependent effects of peptidylarginine deiminases on neutrophil function and long-term outcomes after spinal cord injury

Shelby K. Reid, Ashley V. Tran, Miranda E. Leal-Garcia et al. · Experimental Neurology · 2025

From the methods
Mouse Horizontal Ladder (Maze Engineers) was used to assess coordinated motor function in mice that had achieved BMS ≥ 4 by 28 dpi.
Multimodal sensory control of motor performance by glycinergic interneurons of the mouse spinal cord deep dorsal horn

Mark A. Gradwell, Nofar Ozeri-Engelhard, Jaclyn T. Eisdorfer et al. · Neuron · 2024

From the methods
Mice were trained for 2 days to cross a 60 cm long, horizontal ladder (Maze Engineers, Skokie, USA).
Schwann cell-secreted PGE2 promotes sensory neuron excitability during development

Husniye Kantarci, Pablo D. Elvira, Arun P. Thottumkara et al. · Cell · 2024

From the methods
Mice were placed on a horizontal ladder (Maze Engineers, Item # 5103, 60 cm) with irregularly placed rungs (1-4 cm) and videotaped from the side.
Disruptive lysosomal-metabolic signaling and neurodevelopmental deficits that precede Purkinje cell loss in a mouse model of Niemann-Pick Type-C disease

Sarah Kim, Kathleen Ochoa, Sierra E. Melli et al. · Scientific Reports · 2023

From the methods
...of 100 metal rungs (3 mm each) forming a ladder floor that is raised above the surface (from Maze Engineers). The minimum space between the metal rungs is 1 cm.
A non-invasive system to monitor in vivo neural graft activity after spinal cord injury

Kentaro Ago, Narihito Nagoshi, Kent Imaizumi et al. · Communications Biology · 2022

From the methods
The horizontal ladder (Conduct Science, MA, USA) walking task measured paw placement on irregularly spaced rungs