Small Animal Behavior Core Laboratory Services

Services

The following tests are offered by the Small Animal Behavior Core Laboratory. Other tests may be available upon request. All users are required to fill out a service request in iLab and specify the service(s) needed. Some tests can be recorded on video/DVD upon request.

 

Anxiety-Related Behavior Tests

• Elevated Plus-Maze
• Light/Dark Preference (Emergence Neophobia)

Memory Tests

• Spatial Learning & Memory (Morris Water Maze)
• Spatial Working Memory (Eight Arm Radial Arm Maze)
• Passive (or Inhibitory) Avoidance
• Pre-pulse Inhibition
• Y-Maze
• Fear Conditioning
• Two-Trial Novel Object Recognition Task
• Five-Choice Serial Reaction Time Task

Motor Function Tests

• Open Field Locomotor Activity
• Rotarod
• Grip Strength

Tests of Nociception

• Tail Flick
• Thermal Sensitivity Test

Screening Tests for Drug Side Effects

• Conditioned Taste Aversion