How do inflammation and hypertension affect cognitive impairment?

By Lauren Williamson, Aria Kim, Anonymou239408324820, and Amelia Hidalgo
Backed by Lester Ward, Lauren Williamson, Jessica Bolton, Bethanne, Arba Williamson, Mariko Moher, Nancy Gates, Stephen Bolton, Marsha Penner, David Senft, and 21 other backers
Williams College
Williamstown, Massachusetts
PsychologyNeuroscience
$1,843
Raised of $4,900 Goal
38%
Ended on 9/12/16
Campaign Ended
  • $1,843
    pledged
  • 38%
    funded
  • Finished
    on 9/12/16

Methods

Summary

MEMORY TESTING

Amelia will use the Context Object Discrimination (COD) task to assess memory in her rats. The COD task allows rats to explore two different contexts - A and B in the picture below. The rats explore two identical objects in Context A (circle) and two identical objects that are different in Context B (square). Each rats explores each context for 5 minutes each day for 2 days. On Day 3, an object from Context B replaces one of the objects in Context A, so the circle context contains one oval object and one square object. Then the rat explores the circle context for 5 minutes. Rats who have intact memory will explore the square objects for more time because the square object has never been in the circle context. 


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