| 单词 | morris open-field water maze |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMorris open-field water maze water maze n. a water-filled maze, spec. (more fully Morris water maze, Morris open-field water maze) one used in behavioural testing of rodents (see Morris n.5); (also) any garden maze incorporating water features. ΚΠ a1852 H. W. Torrens Select. from Writings (1854) II. 353 Naiads of the silent wave Loved the fair thing... In guardful water-maze they bound her. 1980 Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 6 565/2 In rats injected bilaterally in the dorsal hippocampus with kainic acid, colchicine, or ferric chloride, a disruption of performance was demonstrated in the Morris open-field water maze. 1997 Times (Nexis) 30 Aug. 18/3 From ancient turf labyrinths to..the new generation of water mazes, educational mazes and sanity-threatening mirror mazes, the range is endless. 2013 Denver Post (Nexis) 29 Oct. c1 Deactivating the protein significantly improved their cognitive abilities, such as those needed to navigate a water maze. < as lemmas |
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