caa a22 4500 605541566 CHVBK 20210128100917.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10071-014-0809-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10071-014-0809-1 Air flow cued spatial learning in mice [Elektronische Daten] [Youcef Bouchekioua, Masaru Mimura, Shigeru Watanabe] Spatial learning experiments in rodents typically employ visual cues that are associated with a goal place, even though it is now well established that they have poor visual acuity. We assessed here the possibility of spatial learning in mice based on an air flow cue in a dry version of the Morris water maze task. A miniature fan was placed at each of the four cardinal points of the circular maze, but only one blew air towards the centre of the maze. The three other fans were blowing towards their own box. The mice were able to learn the task only if the spatial relationship between the air flow cue and the position of the goal place was kept constant across trials. A change of this spatial relationship resulted in an increase in the time to find the goal place. We report here the first evidence of spatial learning relying on an air flow cue. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Spatial learning nationallicence Air flow nationallicence Morris pool nationallicence Mice nationallicence Bouchekioua Youcef Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, 108-8582, Tokyo, Japan aut Mimura Masaru Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, 108-8582, Tokyo, Japan aut Watanabe Shigeru Department of Psychology, Keio University, Mita 2-15-45, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan aut Animal Cognition Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/1(2015-01-01), 399-404 1435-9448 18:1<399 2015 18 10071 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0809-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0809-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bouchekioua Youcef Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, 108-8582, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mimura Masaru Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, 108-8582, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Watanabe Shigeru Department of Psychology, Keio University, Mita 2-15-45, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Animal Cognition Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/1(2015-01-01), 399-404 1435-9448 18:1<399 2015 18 10071