The Translocator (VIDEO)

Sainsbury Wellcome Centre

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The Translocator consists of a passive treadmill that mice can choose to run on, while watching screens displaying a virtual moving corridor. The entire treadmill apparatus is also physically moved forward along a rail, synchronised with the speed at which the mouse chooses to run.

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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre

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