Diet-Regulated Anxiety

Table 1

Common tests of anxiety.

Test	Indicator of anxiety	Additional uses/outcomes
Mazes (T maze, Y maze, elevated plus maze, O maze)	Decreased time in open (unwalled) sections	Activity, speed, and cognition
Light dark box	Decreased time in light box	Activity and speed
Open field	Less time in centre regions	Activity and speed
Sucrose preference	Decreased consumption of sucrose	Anhedonia
Locomotor activity	Decreased activity	Activity, speed, and rearing behaviours
Marble burying	Increased compulsive burying behaviour	Compulsion, impulsivity, and neophobia
Novel object	Decreased exploration of unfamiliar object	Activity, speed, memory, impulsivity, and neophobia