BALB/c mice are not so bad in the Morris water maze

被引：33

作者：

Chapillon, P ^{[1
]}

Debouzie, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Rouen, Fac Sci, Lab Neurobiol Apprentissage, UPRES EA 1780, F-76821 Mt St Aignan, France

来源：

BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH | 2000年 / 117卷 / 1-2期

关键词：

Morris water maze; BALB/c; lighting condition; spatial learning;

D O I：

10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00292-8

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

We compared the learning performances of BALB/c mice subjected to the Morris water spatial task under two different lighting conditions. In the first one, the experimental room was lit by neon tubes (direct and bright illumination) and in the second one by a halogen lamp directed to the roof (diffuse illumination). The scores of BALB/c mice in the diffuse illumination condition clearly demonstrated that these mice could learn to escape to a hidden platform while they could not under direct illumination condition. Moreover, they were able to acquire the task by means of spatial cues. These results are interpreted in terms of a decrease of anxiety levels. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：115 / 118

页数：4

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