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Streptozotocin diabetes

From 2021 to 2025, 510 animal research papers mentioned streptozotocin diabetes and at least one behavioral test.

That is 1.7 times the 301 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, all the animal research papers that mention any of the 90 tests we count grew more slowly, to 1.2 times as many.

510 animal research papers from 2021 to 2025 mentioned streptozotocin diabetes and a test
1.7 times as many papers as in 2011 to 2015
35% of these papers mention the Morris water maze
6% of the 7,885 animal research papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention streptozotocin diabetes also mention a test

The tests mentioned with streptozotocin diabetes

The von Frey test appears in 11% of these papers and in 4.0% of all 32,277 papers that mention a test. That makes it 2.7 times as common in this research. Each bar is one test, with how many of the 510 papers from 2021 to 2025 mention it, and what share that is. A paper that mentions two tests counts under both.

The 15 tests these papers mention most

179 papers 35%
67 papers 13%
54 papers 11%
54 papers 11%
47 papers 9%
42 papers 8%
41 papers 8%
35 papers 7%
33 papers 6%
25 papers 5%
24 papers 5%
23 papers 5%
16 papers 3%
All 50 tests these papers mention
Papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention streptozotocin diabetes and each test
TestPapersShare of the 510 papers
Morris water maze17935%
Treadmill running6713%
Elevated plus maze5411%
Von Frey test5411%
Novel object recognition5210%
Open field479%
Forced swim test428%
Y-maze418%
Passive avoidance357%
Hot plate336%
Rotarod255%
Grip strength245%
Tail flick235%
Formalin test163%
Hargreaves plantar test153%
Tail suspension test122%
Cold plate92%
Barnes maze82%
Fear conditioning82%
T-maze71%
Wheel running51%
Light-dark box51%
Sucrose preference test51%
Object location test51%
Wire hang and inverted grid51%
Radial arm maze41%
Gait analysis41%
Operant conditioning41%
Hole-board41%
Acetone test41%
Attentional set shifting31%
Novelty-suppressed feeding31%
Conditioned place preference31%
Writhing test31%
Beam walking31%
Three-chamber sociability test2under 1%
Active avoidance (shuttle box)2under 1%
Step-down avoidance2under 1%
Nest building2under 1%
Self-administration2under 1%
Splash test2under 1%
Paw pressure test2under 1%
Thermal gradient and temperature preference2under 1%
Catalepsy bar test1under 1%
Resident-intruder test1under 1%
Marble burying1under 1%
Ladder rung walking1under 1%
Olfactory tests1under 1%
Radial arm water maze1under 1%
Pole test1under 1%

Tests named in 30 or more of these papers link to a page on that test with streptozotocin diabetes. To count the papers that mention two or more tests together, use the test battery tool.

Papers by year

Animal research papers that mention streptozotocin diabetes and a behavioral test, 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
20015
200214
200325
200424
200525
200617
200728
200824
200926
201036
201155
201245
201356
201471
201574
201671
201769
201896
201999
2020101
2021107
2022102
2023102
2024106
202593
2026 (part year)93

Disease models in papers that mention streptozotocin diabetes

Each bar is one disease model, with how many of the 510 papers from 2021 to 2025 are tagged with it, and what share that is. The model comes from the paper's MeSH terms, the subject headings the National Library of Medicine adds when it indexes a paper. A paper without MeSH terms gets its model from PubTator 3, NCBI's text-mining service, if PubTator 3 finds the disease in the title or abstract. A paper can count under more than one model.

Papers from 2021 to 2025 by disease model

449 papers 88%
119 papers 23%
45 papers 9%
42 papers 8%
34 papers 7%
3 papers 1%

Which species the papers used

Each bar is a share of the 510 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.

Species

Rat
343 papers 67%
Mouse
173 papers 34%
Other animals
2 papers under 1%
Zebrafish
1 paper under 1%

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

NIH funding

14 of the 510 papers (3%) had NIH funding. NIAMS and NINDS funded the most, 3 each. A paper counts as NIH-funded when its PubMed record lists an NIH grant, or when NIH RePORTER links it to an NIH project.

NIH-funded papers by institute

NIAMSNational Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
3 papers 21%
NINDSNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
3 papers 21%
NIDDKNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
2 papers 14%
NCATSNational Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
2 papers 14%
NIDA
2 papers 14%
NIGMSNational Institute of General Medical Sciences
2 papers 14%

Each share is of the NIH-funded papers. A paper with grants from two institutes counts under both.

The most cited papers from 2021 to 2025

These papers from 2021 to 2025 mention streptozotocin diabetes and a behavioral test and have the most citations, as counted by NIH's iCite on November 5, 2026.

  1. FGF21-Sirtuin 3 Axis Confers the Protective Effects of Exercise Against Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Governing Mitochondrial Integrity.

    Circulation, 2022. 222 citations.

  2. Impaired lipophagy induced-microglial lipid droplets accumulation contributes to the buildup of TREM1 in diabetes-associated cognitive impairment.

    Autophagy, 2023. 187 citations.

  3. Exercise-Linked Skeletal Irisin Ameliorates Diabetes-Associated Osteoporosis by Inhibiting the Oxidative Damage-Dependent miR-150-FNDC5/Pyroptosis Axis.

    Diabetes, 2022. 96 citations.

  4. SLC40A1 Mediates Ferroptosis and Cognitive Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetes.

    Neuroscience, 2021. 91 citations.

  5. Neuroprotective effects of coenzyme Q10-loaded exosomes obtained from adipose-derived stem cells in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease.

    Biomed Pharmacother, 2022. 80 citations.

How we counted

A paper counts here when it is animal research and its title or abstract mentions streptozotocin diabetes and at least one of the 90 behavioral tests. A count is a number of papers, not of experiments, labs or animals. A paper that mentions streptozotocin diabetes only in its methods is missed, so the count runs low.

A paper is animal research when its MeSH terms name an animal species. If they name none, NCBI's text-mining service PubTator 3 has to find one in the title or abstract. Papers on animals other than mice, rats, zebrafish, flies and primates count only when they also mention a test. Many of them study people or use the same words for something else.

The search terms for streptozotocin diabetes are in the download Animal models and brain techniques. The counts in the chart of tests are in Tests mentioned with each model or technique. The full method, with each source and its terms of use, is on our main page, Behavioral tests in published research.

More animal models

Each animal model with 100 or more papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention a test has a page. These are the others, each with that count.

How to cite

APA

ConductScience. (2026, November 13). Behavioral tests with streptozotocin diabetes [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/streptozotocin-diabetes

BibTeX

@misc{conductscience_streptozotocin_diabetes_2026,
  author = {{ConductScience}},
  title = {Behavioral tests with streptozotocin diabetes},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/streptozotocin-diabetes},
  note = {Data set, released November 13, 2026},
}

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