[Behavioral characterization of mouse strains in learning and memory tests].

Here we review the behavioral characterization of several strains of mice that have generally been used in learning and memory tests. We made behavioral comparisons among inbred (C57BL/6, DBA/1 and 129Sv) and closed colony (ddY and ICR (CD-1)) mice. In the water-maze test, the spatial learning ability of C57BL/6 and ICR was higher than that of the other strains of mice.