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Rotarod with MCAO
From 2021 to 2025, 114 animal research papers mentioned MCAO and the rotarod in their title or abstract.
That is 2.2 times the 52 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, the papers that mention MCAO and any of the 90 tests we count grew more slowly, to 2.1 times as many.
Papers by year
Animal research papers that mention MCAO and the rotarod, 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
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 |
| 2002 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 9 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2013 | 14 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 16 |
| 2017 | 25 |
| 2018 | 14 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2023 | 24 |
| 2024 | 27 |
| 2025 | 29 |
| 2026 (part year) | 33 |
Papers that mention MCAO and the rotarod fell from 19 in 2021 to 15 in 2022, then rose to 29 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 114 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.
Species
Tests mentioned alongside the rotarod
Each bar is one test, with how many of the 114 papers also mention it, and what share that is. Of these papers, 41 (36%) mention no other test.
The 12 tests these papers mention most
Which papers count
A paper counts here when it is animal research and its title or abstract mentions MCAO and the rotarod.
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.
Other tests with MCAO
The rotarod with other animal models and brain techniques
- MPTP 126 papers
- Exercise 109 papers
- Rotenone 72 papers
- 6-OHDA 62 papers
- Traumatic brain injury (CCI, fluid percussion, weight drop) 61 papers
- AAV vectors 51 papers
- Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) 45 papers
- Intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection 41 papers
- Pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) 40 papers
- Nerve injury 37 papers
- Chemotherapy drugs 32 papers
- Intracerebral hemorrhage 30 papers
The page on the rotarod counts all the papers that mention it, whatever they study. The page on MCAO ranks the tests mentioned with it.
How to cite
APA
ConductScience. (2026, November 13). Rotarod with MCAO [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/mcao/rotarod
BibTeX
@misc{conductscience_mcao_rotarod_2026,
author = {{ConductScience}},
title = {Rotarod with MCAO},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/mcao/rotarod},
note = {Data set, released November 13, 2026},
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