Title: maze
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - maze
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11859
Status: current

Definition
Labyrinthine system, in which the ability of an animal (usually a rodent) to find a direct route from a starting point to a specific location is observed.

Note
Different mazes are available for psychological and neurotoxicity testing. Maze tests suitable for studying spatial navigation, learning, memory, cognition, anxiety and other behaviours have been developed.

Related Terms
- Barnes maze: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11632
- Biel water maze: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/11637
- T-maze: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12116
- radial arm maze: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12040
- water maze test: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12175

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 879 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

Other Outputs
- html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11859/html
- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11859/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11859/xml

Citation: Citation: 'maze' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11859
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