Elevated Plus Maze
The elevated plus maze paradigm is widely used to assess anxiety in rodents.
Y-Maze
The Y-maze paradigm is widely used to assess working memory in rodents.
Open Field
The open-field test will allow us to measure locomotion and exploratory behavior.
Rotarod
The rotarod test is used to assess balance and motor coordination.
Passive or Active Avoidance
Memory retrieval and consolidation in rodents.
Active Place Avoidance (APA)
The APA assay is a spatial learning and memory task that requires the subject to learn to avoid a defined zone with a circular open-field arena that rests upon a metal grid base.
Fear Conditioning (FC)
A hippocampal and amygdala-dependent learning and memory task in that it requires intact contextual and cued-based learning.
Startle and/or Shock Sensitivity Assessment
Hearing, emotional processing and/or nociceptive processing.
Grip Strength
A reliable assessment of forlimb and all-limb grip strength.
Catwalk
The CatWalk XT is a high-resolution gait analysis tool that uses green and red fluorescent lights on a glass walkway to provide precise measurements of paw placement, stride length and weight distribution, making it invaluable for studying motor/gait impairments associated with numerous disease states.
Treadmill
Controlled exercise routines and endurance testing, giving information about motor coordination, fatigue resistance and neurophysiological responses to physical activity.
Bussey-Saksida Touchscreen Plateform
Numerous cognitive assessments including spatial learning and memory, impulsivity/compulsivity, attention and more.
This equipment is bridging the gap between preclinical and clinical translation through the development of human/rodent identical tests
Mouse Home-Cage Telemetry
- Consummatory: two liquid/one food continuous telemetric readings
- Running wheel: programmable resistance, controllable rung spacing, continuous readings
- Autonomic/somatic telemetry: body temperature and activity
- Applications: general phenotypic characterization, circadian function, pain states, brain injury, acute and chronic drug/stress effects
