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In both cross-sectional and longitudinal experiments, 15-day-old domesticated rats were shown to locomote persistently in a maze. Thirty-day olds displayed a within-trial decrement in activity typical of adult patterns of ambulation. These data are consistent with the conclusion that 15-day olds may be behaviorally similar to adults with hippocampal lesions.
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This work was supported by a grant from the Research Foundation of the City University of New York and is sponsored by Ralph R. Miller, who takes full editorial respondibility for its contents. We thank F. Dmitri Wolkoff for his technical assistance.
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Bronstein, P.M., Dworkin, T. Replication: The persistent locomotion of immature rats. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 4, 124–126 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334217
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