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Shallow Water (Paddling) Variants of Water Maze Tests in Mice

Shallow Water (Paddling) Variants of Water Maze Tests in Mice

DOI:
10.3791/2608-v

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07:47 min

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June 03, 2013

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1Department of Experimental Psychology,University of Oxford

Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:15The Oxford Paddling Pools
  • 03:54The Paddling Y-maze
  • 06:06Performance in the Paddling Pool
  • 06:59Conclusion

Summary

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Mice can swim, but many strains appear to find this activity stressful. To overcome this problem mazes have been devised where escape from shallow water is used to motivate behaviour. These have been demonstrated to support learning at least as good as the traditional and widely used Morris water maze.

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Shallow WaterPaddlingWater Maze TestsMiceRichard MorrisMouse GeneticsMutant MiceMorris Water MazeEscape MotivationDryingHypothermiaNatural Escape StrategyLearning

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