Aged Mouse Has Trouble Finding 'Valued' Levers (VIDEO)

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Both young and aged mice did proper choices of the 'valued' lever on the first round of testing. Movies show their performance on the second round of testing, where valued and devalued levers where swapped. This movie shows an aged mouse with exactly the same training. This mouse is alternating between levers, which indicates that he is now incapable of distinguishing the valued from the devalued lever.

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Matamales and Skrbis <i>et al</i>./<i>Neuron</i> 2016

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