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Morris water maze with PTZ

From 2021 to 2025, 39 animal research papers mentioned PTZ and the Morris water maze in their title or abstract.

That is 1.9 times the 20 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, the papers that mention PTZ and any of the 90 tests we count grew more slowly, to 1.1 times as many.

39 animal research papers from 2021 to 2025 mentioned PTZ and the Morris water maze
18% of the 212 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention PTZ and a test mention the Morris water maze
1% of the 5,392 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention the Morris water maze also mention PTZ
1.9 times as many papers as in 2011 to 2015

Papers by year

Animal research papers that mention PTZ and the Morris water maze, 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
20010
20023
20034
20042
20051
20067
20074
20084
20092
20101
20111
20123
20134
20145
20157
20169
20179
20188
20199
20207
20218
20226
20237
20247
202511
2026 (part year)10

Which species the papers used

Each bar is a share of the 39 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.

Species

Rat
19 papers 49%
Mouse
18 papers 46%
Other animals
2 papers 5%

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

Tests mentioned alongside the Morris water maze

Each bar is one test, with how many of the 39 papers also mention it, and what share that is. Of these papers, 14 (36%) mention no other test.

The 12 tests these papers mention most

8 papers 21%
7 papers 18%
7 papers 18%
7 papers 18%
4 papers 10%
1 paper 3%
1 paper 3%

Which papers count

A paper counts here when it is animal research and its title or abstract mentions PTZ and the Morris water maze.

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 Morris water maze counts all the papers that mention it, whatever they study. The page on PTZ ranks the tests mentioned with it.

How to cite

APA

ConductScience. (2026, November 13). Morris water maze with PTZ [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/ptz/morris-water-maze

BibTeX

@misc{conductscience_ptz_morris_water_maze_2026,
  author = {{ConductScience}},
  title = {Morris water maze with PTZ},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/ptz/morris-water-maze},
  note = {Data set, released November 13, 2026},
}

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