Living in the Wild Leaves its Behavioral Mark for Morris Maze: Comparison Apodemus sylvaticus vs Domestic Mus musculus

Authors: Garcia-Falgueras Alicia*

DOI: 10.23880/pprij-16000450

Volume 10, Issue 1

Abstract

The two rodent strains compared in this study are familiarly related, but they are notoriously different. They are both goodswimmers in the Morris maze but statistically significant differences in their performances, styles of behaviors or goals inthe swimming strategies were found in between these two strains. With this naturalistic and behavioral observation, froman empirical point of view, we discuss some relevant facts for Neuroscience and biopsychological research such as the effectsof domestication, consanguinity or inbreeding, the presence of neurogenesis in the wild and in adult human dentate gyrus,the age cohort differences in performances and styles of swimming (from thigmotaxis to direct) or the individualism afterenvironmental stimulation.

Keywords: Hippocampus; Dentate Gyrus; Morris Maze; Memory; Arousal; Mus musculus; Apodemus sylvaticus

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