Home-cage open-field ambulation after maze learning in mice.
The present paper indicates that it is with appropriate methods, i.e., maze learning and a not-previously used home-cage open-field, possible to observe a learning-induced ambulation increase in a familiar environment lacking novel cues. This finding is at variance with an earlier one achieved by electromagnetic recordings indicating a decrease in activity in the home-cage after passive avoidance conditioning.
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Department of Psychology, Abo Akademi University, Finland.
Selander
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D000818:Animals; D001143:Arousal; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity; D009949:Orientation; D012931:Social Environment