En route to delineating hippocampal roles in spatial learning

摘要

The precise role played by the hippocampus in spatial learning tasks, such as the Morris Water Maze (MWM), is not fully understood. One theory is that the hippocampus is not required for 'knowing where' but rather is crucial in 'getting there'. To explore this idea in the MWM, we manipulated 'getting there' variables, such as passive transport or active swimming towards the hidden platform, in rats with and without hippocampal lesions.