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Training Rats to Voluntarily Dive Underwater: Investigations of the Mammalian Diving Response
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Sciences du comportement
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Training Rats to Voluntarily Dive Underwater: Investigations of the Mammalian Diving Response

Training Rats to Voluntarily Dive Underwater: Investigations of the Mammalian Diving Response

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11:56 min

November 12, 2014

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11:56 min
November 12, 2014

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Detailed instructions are provided on how to train rats to voluntarily dive underwater through a 5 m long Plexiglas maze. Because the brains of rats have been very well characterized, voluntarily diving rats may help elucidate the central pathways of the mammalian diving response.

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