水迷宫(water maze),是一种用来测验动物记忆的实验设备,其中的路径充满了水,使动物具有逃脱的动机[1]

一座辛辛那提水迷宫的示意图。题目可以是从A至B,或从B至A。

存在许多不同的水迷宫,如T-和Y-迷宫英语T-maze辛辛那提水迷宫放射臂迷宫[2][3][4]水迷宫被用来测试辨别学习和空间学习能力。莫里斯水航行任务通常也称作一个“水迷宫任务”,但是严格地说,它并不是一个迷宫。这些迷宫辅助研究的发展,例如海马突触可塑性、NMDA受体功能和研究神经退化性疾病,如阿尔茨海默氏症

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  3. ^ Vorhees, Charles V.; Williams, Michael T. Cincinnati water maze: A review of the development, methods, and evidence as a test of egocentric learning and memory. Neurotoxicology and Teratology: 1–19. PMC 5056837 . PMID 27545092. doi:10.1016/j.ntt.2016.08.002. 
  4. ^ Water version of the radial-arm maze: learning in three inbred strains of mice. Brain Research. March 1998, 785 (2): 236–244 [2014-05-23]. PMID 9518631. doi:10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01417-0.