All the electrical parts of the mechanism are safely located outside the pool.
Despite the efficacy of the Morris Water Maze task, the test carried out with standard platforms has some limitations, relating to the fact that the platforms normally used have fixed height and cannot be raised during probe tests. Moreover, moving the platform always requires interrupting a trial and starting a new one. Probe tests run with the use of a lift platform give more reliable indications on the presence of true spatial learning.
Our Atlantis system makes it possible to lift the platform with the test in progress: moreover, as up to 4 platforms are driven by the same controller (or by PC), the platforms do not need to be repositioned within the pool in the course of the experiment: they can simply be positioned in the different pool quarters and lifted when necessary. Unique to our system, both platform lifting and collapsing is controlled automatically. No more hands in the water!
When used as stand-alone tool, without motor/controller, the Atlantis hydraulic plat-form 40101-002 can also conveniently replace standard fixed platforms.
All our Morris Water Maze tanks are provided with suitable connectors to attach up to 4 platforms.