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Morris Water Maze Experiment
The Morris water maze is widely used to study spatial memory and learning. Animals are placed in a pool of water that is colored opaque with powdered non-fat milk or non-toxic tempera paint, where they must swim to a hidden escape platform. Because they are in opaque water, the animals cannot see th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872979/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19066539 http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/897 |
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description | The Morris water maze is widely used to study spatial memory and learning. Animals are placed in a pool of water that is colored opaque with powdered non-fat milk or non-toxic tempera paint, where they must swim to a hidden escape platform. Because they are in opaque water, the animals cannot see the platform, and cannot rely on scent to find the escape route. Instead, they must rely on external/extra-maze cues. As the animals become more familiar with the task, they are able to find the platform more quickly. Developed by Richard G. Morris in 1984, this paradigm has become one of the "gold standards" of behavioral neuroscience. |
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spelling | pubmed-28729792011-03-15 Morris Water Maze Experiment Nunez, Joseph J Vis Exp Behavior The Morris water maze is widely used to study spatial memory and learning. Animals are placed in a pool of water that is colored opaque with powdered non-fat milk or non-toxic tempera paint, where they must swim to a hidden escape platform. Because they are in opaque water, the animals cannot see the platform, and cannot rely on scent to find the escape route. Instead, they must rely on external/extra-maze cues. As the animals become more familiar with the task, they are able to find the platform more quickly. Developed by Richard G. Morris in 1984, this paradigm has become one of the "gold standards" of behavioral neuroscience. MyJove Corporation 2008-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2872979/ /pubmed/19066539 http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/897 Text en Copyright © 2008, Journal of Visualized Experiments http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Behavior Nunez, Joseph Morris Water Maze Experiment |
title | Morris Water Maze Experiment |
title_full | Morris Water Maze Experiment |
title_fullStr | Morris Water Maze Experiment |
title_full_unstemmed | Morris Water Maze Experiment |
title_short | Morris Water Maze Experiment |
title_sort | morris water maze experiment |
topic | Behavior |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872979/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19066539 http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/897 |
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