BEHAVIOR
This set of services enables the behavioral measurements of sensory-motor skills, learning and memory, emotional states, and addiction in mice.
Equipment
Grip strength test
A device for measuring the muscular strength of the forelegs and/or hind legs.
Elevated cross maze
A device for assessing the level of anxiety, based on the analysis of exploratory activity.
Intellicage
A modular and automated system for conducting a number of memory, spatial learning, attention and motivation tests throughout the nycthemeral cycle and without any experimenter intervention.
Rotarod
A test to evaluate motor coordination and balance.
Fear conditioning
A contextual and indexed memory test associated with an aversive stimulus.
Conditioned place preference
A test to evaluate the reinforcing properties of drugs of abuse, as well as the potentially appetitive or aversive effects of pharmacological substances.
Treadmill
A device that trains mice for sustained physical exercise and measures their level of fatigue.
Trajectometry
An object localization and recognition test. This test of spatial and non-spatial memory is based on a measure of exploratory activity.
Cage with activity wheel
A device for the circadian measurement of spontaneous motor activity.