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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 01:45Swim Training
- 03:57Weekly Swim Training Schedule
- 05:25Dive Training
- 08:28Implantable Telemetric Transmitters
- 09:33Results: Investigating the Central Aspects of the Mammalian Diving Response
- 11:26Conclusion
Detailed instructions are provided on how to train rats to voluntarily dive underwater through a 5 m long Plexiglas maze. Because the brains of rats have been very well characterized, voluntarily diving rats may help elucidate the central pathways of the mammalian diving response.
