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From rats to people: Gaming platform used to compare memory impairments of rodents and humans with epilepsy |
December 03, 2012
A behavioral test widely used on rodents to study spatial learning and memory, the Morris water maze (MWM), was recreated using software developed to create custom video game environments. By creating a virtual reality analogue for humans, it was possible to obtain a direct comparison between the results of studies on a rodent model of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), whose spatial memory performance was found to be severely impaired, and patients with TLE.
Link: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/computers_math/computer_science/~3/JK7_tCHaUnA/121203081615.htm
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