title: [Behavioral characterization of mouse strains in learning and memory tests].
abstract: Here we review the behavioral characterization of several strains of mice that have generally been used in learning and memory tests. We made behavioral comparisons among inbred (C57BL/6, DBA/1 and 129Sv) and closed colony (ddY and ICR (CD-1)) mice. In the water-maze test, the spatial learning ability of C57BL/6 and ICR was higher than that of the other strains of mice. In the Y-maze, water-finding and step-through type passive avoidance tests, there were some differences among those strains but they were not significant. We have to pay attention to the mouse strain to analyze the behavioral changes when we use different strains of mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8503, Japan.
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kameyama
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mamiya
authors.forename: Chie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aiba
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ukai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D018782:Maze Learning; D008568:Memory; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000523:psychology*