Methods for the manipulation and analysis of NF-κB-dependent adult hippocampal neurogenesis are described. A detailed protocol is presented for a dentate gyrus-dependent behavioral test (termed the spatial pattern separation-Barnes maze) for the investigation of cognitive outcome in mice. This technique should also help enable investigations in other experimental settings.
Widera, D., Müller, J., Imielski, Y., Heimann, P., Kaltschmidt, C., Kaltschmidt, B. Methods for the Modulation and Analysis of NF-κB-dependent Adult Neurogenesis. J. Vis. Exp. (84), e50870, doi:10.3791/50870 (2014).