Attracted by a magnet: Exploration behaviour of rodents in the presence of magnetic objects
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41320/18:78618
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376635717306058?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376635717306058?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2018.02.023" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.beproc.2018.02.023</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Attracted by a magnet: Exploration behaviour of rodents in the presence of magnetic objects
Original language description
Magnetosensitivity is widespread among animals with rodents being the most intensively studied mammalian group. The available behavioural assays for magnetoreception are time-consuming, which impedes screens for treatment effects that could characterize the enigmatic magnetoreceptors. Here, we present a fast and simple approach to test if an animal responds to magnetic stimuli: the magnetic object assay (MOA). The MOA focuses on investigating an animal's spontaneous exploration behaviour in the presence of a bar magnet compared to a demagnetised control. We present consistently longer exploration of the magnet in three different rodent species: Ansell's mole-rat (Fukomys anselli), C57BL/6J laboratory mouse, and naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber). For the naked mole-rat this is the first report that this species reacts on magnetic stimuli. We conclude that the MOA holds the potential to screen if an animal responds to magnetic stimuli, indicating the possession of a magnetic sense.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Behavioural processes
ISSN
0376-6357
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
151
Issue of the periodical within the volume
JUN 2018
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
11-15
UT code for WoS article
000432505500003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85043357830