Research data · Animal model and test

Open field with 6-OHDA

From 2021 to 2025, 50 animal research papers mentioned 6-OHDA and the open field in their title or abstract.

That is 4.2 times the 12 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, the papers that mention 6-OHDA and any of the 90 tests we count fell 22%.

50 animal research papers from 2021 to 2025 mentioned 6-OHDA and the open field
20% of the 255 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention 6-OHDA and a test mention the open field
1% of the 3,980 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention the open field also mention 6-OHDA
4.2 times as many papers as in 2011 to 2015

Papers by year

Animal research papers that mention 6-OHDA and the open field, by year, 2001 to 2026

The 2026 bar counts papers added to PubMed by November 8, 2026.

  • Papers in a full year
  • 2026 so far
Show the counts for each year
Papers by year
YearPapers
20011
20021
20031
20042
20052
20060
20070
20080
20091
20102
20112
20122
20132
20143
20153
20166
20174
20183
201912
20201
202112
20228
20235
202413
202512
2026 (part year)9

Papers that mention 6-OHDA and the open field fell from 12 in 2021 to 5 in 2023, then rose to 12 in 2025. Part of this dip may come from PubMed's indexing rather than from fewer studies. We take a paper's species from PubMed's indexing when the indexing names one. Otherwise PubTator 3, NCBI's text-mining service, has to find a species in the title or abstract, or the paper is not counted. Papers that PubMed indexed under the subject heading Animals also fell and rose, from 200,221 in 2021 to 156,447 in 2023 and 235,479 in 2025.

Which species the papers used

Each bar is a share of the 50 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.

Species

Rat
36 papers 72%
Mouse
13 papers 26%
Zebrafish
1 paper 2%
Other animals
1 paper 2%

“Other animals” counts papers that use none of the species this chart names.

Tests mentioned alongside the open field

Each bar is one test, with how many of the 50 papers also mention it, and what share that is. Of these papers, 11 (22%) mention no other test.

The 12 tests these papers mention most

18 papers 36%
5 papers 10%
5 papers 10%
4 papers 8%
2 papers 4%
2 papers 4%
2 papers 4%

Which papers count

A paper counts here when it is animal research and its title or abstract mentions 6-OHDA and the open field.

A paper that mentions either only in its methods is missed, so the count runs low. The search terms are in the list of models and techniques and the test list. The full method, with each source and its terms of use, is on our main page, Behavioral tests in published research.

More pairings

Every pairing of an animal model and a test with 30 or more papers from 2021 to 2025 has a page like this one.

The page on the open field counts all the papers that mention it, whatever they study. The page on 6-OHDA ranks the tests mentioned with it.

How to cite

APA

ConductScience. (2026, November 13). Open field with 6-OHDA [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/6-ohda/open-field

BibTeX

@misc{conductscience_6_ohda_open_field_2026,
  author = {{ConductScience}},
  title = {Open field with 6-OHDA},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/6-ohda/open-field},
  note = {Data set, released November 13, 2026},
}

Open field apparatus in our store

In the test battery tool, pick every test your study will run and add the apparatus we sell for them to one quote.

For studies with 6-OHDA, our store sells: