title: A computer-aided procedure for measuring Hebb-Williams maze performance.
abstract: We describe a shortened procedure for testing mice over a 5-day interval on a swimming version of the Hebb-Williams maze. The mice are given 1 day of adaptation training, and are tested over the next 4 days on Hebb-Williams problems 1, 6, 12, and 5, in that order. As an animal swims through one of the maze problems, the computer screen shows the maze pattern, and an observer traces the path taken with a computer mouse. The computer program, Observe Software, stores the path sequence, determines the error score for that trial, and sends the information to a spreadsheet where it is available for statistical analyses.
authors.affiliation: Biobehavioral Sciences Graduate Degree Program, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-4154, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Hoplight
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Boehm
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hyde
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Deni
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Denenberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008960:Models, Psychological