Maintained Directional Navigation Across Environments in the Morris Water Task Is Dependent on Vestibular Cues

被引:12
作者
Clark, Benjamin J. [1 ,2 ]
Hong, Nancy S. [1 ]
Bettenson, Dennis J. [1 ]
Woolford, Jamie [1 ]
Horwood, Lewis [1 ]
McDonald, Robert J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Lethbridge, Canadian Ctr Behav Neurosci, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
[2] Univ New Mexico, Dept Psychol, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
spatial behavior; sense of direction; head direction cells; navigation; hippocampus; PATH-INTEGRATION; DISTAL LANDMARKS; T-MAZE; RATS; LESIONS; DISORIENTATION; DISSOCIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCATION; REQUIRE;
D O I
10.1037/xan0000066
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
An experiment was designed to test the hypothesis that an internally generated sense of spatial orientation contributes to navigation by rats in the Morris water task and to determine whether this strategy is dependent on vestibular cues. Rats were trained in a standard hidden platform procedure in which they received 8 daily swim trials. In a probe test, rats were carried in an opaque box to a pool located in a novel adjacent environment. During transport, 1 cohort of rats received a disorientation procedure, composed of gentle rotation in the box, while a second cohort served as transport controls. Upon being placed in the pool in the novel room, controls displayed a preference for the pool quadrant predicted by a retained directional response across rooms, whereas disoriented rats failed to display a preference for the same quadrant. Furthermore, control rats swam faster and more directly toward the target quadrant. Together, these findings suggest that rats retain a directional response based on vestibular cues across environments, which can be used to disambiguate geometrically equivalent locations in a novel room and apparatus.
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页码:301 / 308
页数:8
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