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Neuroscience
Morris Water Maze Memory Test
Description
The Morris water maze is a behavioral test used to study spatial learning and memory in rodents. In this task, the animal swims in a pool and looks for a platform that lets it escape the water. Later, the platform is hidden below the water surface, so the rodent must remember where it was to find it again.
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Transcript
The Morris water maze is a valuable tool to study learning and memory in rodents. These critters are good swimmers, but they generally prefer to be on land. The water maze takes advantage of this preference to train animals to use a small platform as an escape from a pool of water. After training, the platform is hidden benea...
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