ePoster · Neuroscience
Are there specific freediving skills? A comparative study of training in voluntary apnea in Sprague Dawley and Long-Evans rats
Laetitia Chambrun, Jorelle Linda Damo Kamda, Harquin Simplice Foyet, Roseline Poirier, Valérie Doyère, Marion Noulhiane · FENS Forum 2024
Although Sprague Dawley (SD) and Long-Evans (LE) rats are commonly used in a variety of behavioral studies, their specific abilities are rarely compared. The aim was to compare the apneic abilities of SD and LE male rats for future studies on brain adaptability to apnea using a voluntary apnea training protocol in a serpentine-shaped maze. This training is conducted in such a way as to reduce as much as possible any stressfulness, making it under the full will of the rat. It consists of a pre-training swimming phase, starting at weaning, followed by an apnea training over a 8 week duration, wh