title: The effect of a change in dietary habit upon maze learning ability in rats.
abstract: An experimental psychological study was undertaken to assess the effect of a change in dietary habit upon behavioural development, using as a laboratory animal male Wistar rats maintained on natural foods and a processed food. Forty male Wistar rats were weaned at 21 days of age and divided into two equal groups. Group 1 was fed natural food (pressed wheat, dried fish, peanuts, cabbage and soybeans) and group 2 was fed powdered food. At 68 days of age, the rats were tested in a T-maze. The results showed that Group 1 excelled with regard to T-maze learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shikimori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Satov
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Motegi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010367:Arachis; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001835:Body Weight; D001937:Brassica; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005399:Fishes; D005526:Food, Formulated; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013025:Glycine max; D013997:Time Factors; D014908:Triticum