APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Increased Anxiety in a Morris Water Maze Task by Rats on a High-Fat/High-Sucrose Diet

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Biological/Neuroscience

  • Cyrilla Wideman
    John Carroll University
  • Helen Murphy
    John Carroll University

Abstract

Anxiety was measured in female rats provided with a high-fat/high-sucrose (HFHS) diet while performing a working memory task in the Morris Water Maze (MWM). Compared with control animals, the HFHS animals showed a significant increase in anxiety between successive MWM trials.

Animal Learning and Behavior

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