In our daily life, we form vivid memories for what we experience and learn. We are born with numerous neurons that effectively encode these memories. However, we forget our experiences when the connections among these neurons are disrupted. One possible way to disrupt neuronal connectivity is neurogenesis, the birth and growth of new neurons, which compete with existing neurons for information flow (Akers et al. 2014).

My project aims to thoroughly quantify the memory loss caused by increased neurogenesis in mice through a series of measures in water maze, including entropy, distribution of swimming traces, distance travelled to reach platform, proximity to the platform overtime, etc..