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Y-maze with ICV injection

From 2021 to 2025, 84 animal research papers mentioned ICV injection and the Y-maze in their title or abstract.

That is 1.9 times the 44 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, the papers that mention ICV injection and any of the 90 tests we count fell 6%.

84 animal research papers from 2021 to 2025 mentioned ICV injection and the Y-maze
12% of the 706 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention ICV injection and a test mention the Y-maze
4% of the 1,988 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention the Y-maze also mention ICV injection
1.9 times as many papers as in 2011 to 2015

Papers by year

Animal research papers that mention ICV injection and the Y-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
20014
20021
20031
20043
20053
20067
20074
20087
20095
20103
20118
20125
20135
201415
201511
201613
201710
20187
201919
202021
202118
202219
202313
202413
202521
2026 (part year)16

Papers that mention ICV injection and the Y-maze fell from 18 in 2021 to 13 in 2023, then rose to 21 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 84 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.

Species

Mouse
52 papers 62%
Rat
36 papers 43%
Zebrafish
1 paper 1%

Tests mentioned alongside the Y-maze

Each bar is one test, with how many of the 84 papers also mention it, and what share that is. Of these papers, 16 (19%) mention no other test.

The 12 tests these papers mention most

37 papers 44%
13 papers 15%
8 papers 10%
4 papers 5%
2 papers 2%
2 papers 2%
1 paper 1%

Which papers count

A paper counts here when it is animal research and its title or abstract mentions ICV injection and the Y-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 a brain technique and a test with 30 or more papers from 2021 to 2025 has a page like this one.

The page on the Y-maze counts all the papers that mention it, whatever they study. The page on ICV injection ranks the tests mentioned with it.

How to cite

APA

ConductScience. (2026, November 13). Y-maze with ICV injection [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/brain-techniques/icv-injection/y-maze

BibTeX

@misc{conductscience_icv_injection_y_maze_2026,
  author = {{ConductScience}},
  title = {Y-maze with ICV injection},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/brain-techniques/icv-injection/y-maze},
  note = {Data set, released November 13, 2026},
}

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