Returning to home cage serves as an effective reward for maze learning in rats
| Autor: | Mikita Nishikawa, Tohru Taniuchi, Akiko Ohgi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences medicine.medical_specialty Maze learning Audiology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Food group Mice Behavioral Neuroscience Reward medicine Animals 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Maze Learning Reinforcement 05 social sciences General Medicine Housing Animal Rats Food Home cage Animal Science and Zoology Psychology psychological phenomena and processes |
| Zdroj: | Behavioural Processes. 164:175-177 |
| ISSN: | 0376-6357 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.beproc.2019.04.018 |
| Popis: | This study examined the effectiveness in rats of 'returning to home cage' as a reward for learning a Lashley III maze. Rats could return to their home cage directly (Direct HC group) or they could be removed manually by an experimenter from the maze's goal box (Indirect HC group). In the third group, hungry rats received a food reward in the goal box (Food group). The Direct HC group reliably learned the maze and its performance was very similar to that of the Food group. In contrast, performance by the Indirect HC group was significantly poorer than the Direct HC group, as well as the Food group, possibly due to the negative impact of handling during removal from the goal box. These results suggest that a 'home cage reward' is as effective a procedure for rats in maze learning as previously reported in mice (Blizard et al., 2003, 2006). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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