This service includes test selection, protocol design, and power analysis for proper selection of animal numbers.

This service includes on-site training, pilot testing, and coordination with the animal facility.

Service includes tracking software, statistical analysis, and presentation of results.

Behavioral Tasks available:
Some tasks are available for mice, rats or both. Interpretation of the results can go beyond the broad categorization shown below

Sensory function:	Acoustic Startle Pre-pulse Inhibition Habituation tasks Nociception (Hargreaves, Von Frey)
Motor function:	Rotarod Gait Analysis Grip Strength Balance Beam Rolling Wire Hanging Task
Emotionality tasks:	Anxiety Open Field Light/Dark box Elevated Plus/Zero Maze Depression Tail Suspension Learned Helplessness Impulsivity Marble Burying Delayed Discounting Task Addiction Conditioned Place Preference
Social Behaviors	Sociability Chamber Ultrasonic Vocalizations Parental behaviors
Cognitive tasks:	General Cognition Novel Object Recognition Puzzle Box Spatial cognition Y maze Novel Place Recognition Lashley III Maze Double-H Maze Morris Water Maze Radial Arm Water Maze Associative Learning Operant Conditioning Contextual Fear Conditioning

 

The Animal Behavior Core staff is available to help develop or institute other behavioral tasks tailored to meet the needs of a specific project.