(n.) Confusion of thought; perplexity; uncertainty; state of bewilderment.
(n.) A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth.
(v. t.) To perplex greatly; to bewilder; to astonish and confuse; to amaze.
(v. i.) To be bewildered.
Example Sentences:
(1) Learning ability was assessed using a radial arm maze task, in which the rats had to visit each of eight arms for a food reward.
(2) These impairments were seen in animals of both sexes, a finding which challenges the view that only females prenatally treated with nicotine show deficits in maze learning.
(3) It starts and ends in Vidigal and includes a hike up the mountain Tavares Bastos Jazz night at Maze pousada in Tavares Bastos Vidigal is not the only favela with nightlife credentials.
(4) The Learning behavior on a water maze was observed in Wistar-JCL rats which were 10 weeks of age at the beginning of tests.
(5) The results indicate that behavior in transition states maintained by reinforcement contingencies in the radial maze is similar to that maintained by extended chained schedules, despite the fact that some of the stimuli controlling behavior in the maze are absent at the moment behavior is emitted.
(6) "The rise in those who are self-employed is good news, but the reality is that those who have turned to freelance work in order to pull themselves out of unemployment and those who have decided to work for themselves face a challenging tax maze that could land them in hot water should they get it wrong," says Chas Roy-Chowdhury, head of taxation at the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants.
(7) In a third experiment, animals were trained 16 days in the same maze configuration and at day 17 they were exposed to the mirror image of the radial maze.
(8) In the radial maze task, both VE(-) and VE(+) animals required as many trials to reach the learning criterion as control animals.
(9) Spatial working memory was examined in an 8-arm radial water maze task 6 weeks after bulbectomy.
(10) Grafts taken from older (E21) donors did produce a short-lasting improvement in the T-maze alternation performance, replicating the previous report.
(11) Further studies are needed to clarify the reasons of the marked age-related difference in the effects of DSP-4 on the performance of water maze task in rats.
(12) Experimental data are presented on the formation and retention during 24 hours of a motor alimentary conditioned reflex (MCR) in a T-maze, in rats 4--5 months and 1,5--2 months old.
(13) Prior to analysis the spatial learning ability of the aged rats was assessed in the Morris' water maze test.
(14) Bilateral excitotoxic lesions of the nucleus basalis magnocellularis (NBM) in the rat cause deficits in the water maze, a spatial memory paradigm.
(15) In the present work no significant differences were found between the behaviour of FG7142-kindled rats and vehicle-treated controls in social interaction test, elevated plus maze, or the Vogel conflict test of anxiety or in tests of home cage aggression or startle responses.
(16) The animals were tested for learning ability in a Morris water maze task starting 6 or 12 weeks post-COLCH.
(17) Chronic exposure of rats to low levels of halothane during development, a treatment which retards synaptogenesis, was found to cause a long-term impairment of choice accuracy in the radial-arm maze.
(18) A simple T-maze was utilized to evaluate the aversive effects of exposure to three levels of static magnetic field (0, 1.5, and 4 T).
(19) Radial arm maze observations were made on offspring rats during a total of 30 trials, and we made the following findings: 1) The number of trials required for fulfilling learning criterion was significantly large in F-DEL and F-NURS male rats groups relative to the controls; that is, F-DEL and F-NURS were slow in learning.
(20) These data suggest that doses of NMDA receptor channel antagonists sufficient to disrupt hippocampal long-term potentiation and radial arm maze performance will also disrupt delayed conditional discrimination.
Naze
Definition:
(n.) A promotory or headland.
Example Sentences:
(1) Kim Mawby, from Nazeing, Essex, was diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2010.
(2) I examined the socioeconomic influence to the skeletal maturation within Kyushu populations, Naze, Nomozaki and Ogi children.
(3) Although Ogi and Naze samples showed similar socioeconomic status, their skeletal maturity status differed significantly.
(4) This walk starts at Kirby Cross station and ends at Walton-on-the-Naze.
(5) Dr William Dixon City University, London Dr David Wilson Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com
(6) Won by Labour in 1997 and Carswell in 2005 Major population centres Clacton-on-Sea, Jaywick, Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-On-The-Naze Tourism Modern day Clacton-on-Sea was founded as a seaside resort in 1871.
(7) Carry on walking along the seafront until you reach the pier, and you are then in Walton-on-the-Naze.
(8) The alleged victims were living in seaside towns in Essex, including Frinton-on-Sea, Walton-on-the-Naze, Holland-on-Sea and Clacton.
(9) • Maps: OS Landranger 169 (Ipswich & The Naze) or OS Explorer 184 (Colchester, Harwich & Clacton-on-Sea) Folkestone to Dover, Kent Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Margaret Dickinson Starting from Folkestone station, the day starts with swims from shingle coves or a sandy beach and continues with a nine-mile walk over towering cliff tops and mysterious relics of war.
(10) The Public and Commercial Services union said three Coastguard stations have already close d and five others - Swansea, Liverpool, Walton on the Naze, Brixham and Portland - are earmarked for closure.
(11) • Maps: OS Landranger 164 (Oxford) or OS Explorer 170 (Abingdon, Wantage & Vale of White Horse) Kirby Cross to Frinton and Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Margaret Dickinson A perfect summer’s walk of 10½ miles with sea swims from sandy beaches.
(12) There are numerous cafes and pubs in Walton-on-the-Naze including a cafe at the Naze Tower for post-swim refreshments.