| Message: | Morris water task is a test widely used and established by behavioral physiologist and pharmacologist to evaluate and compare learning and memory in rodents. Creative Biolabs performs this test to assess the effects of test compounds on both learning and memory. By recording the escape latency (time to find the hidden platform form the starting point) and time spent in the target quadrant studying, we can assess their ability to learn and remember the location of the platform.
The Morris water task has become a gold standard task for special learning and memory. It is based on the rodent's (rats or mice) aversion to the water environment. The apparatus consists of a water-filled pool with a hidden escape platform beneath the surface of the water. When the animal is released into the water, it will swim around the pool to look for the platform to escape from the water. The platform offers no local cues to direct the escape behavior of the animal. The only spatial cues are mainly the visual cues exterior of the tank. https://www.creative-biolabs.com/drug-discovery/therapeutics/morris-water-task.htm. |
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