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Can Hydra, an organism with no brain but a nerve network, be conditioned?
Can Hydra, a freshwater cnidarian polyp exposed to glutathione can be conditioned to significantly increase their average intake of brine shrimp?
Intern(s):
Seher Ali, Isuri Poththewela
Mentor(s):
Tessa Hirschfeld-Stoler
Project Period:
2016-2017
Team:
Harlem

The freshwater cnidarian polyp, Hydra, serves as an ideal model to study various scientific phenomena in the lab. Unlike animals that are higher in the evolutionary tree, Hydra have a very simple nervous system, consisting of a nerve net that regulates behaviors such as feeding, contractions, and elongations. We asked, "can Hydra exposed to glutathione can be conditioned to significantly increase their average intake of brine shrimp?"
This page was originally developed by BioBus Summer 2021 Jr. Scientist William Rhee.
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