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Tests and Equipment
Cognitive Function

Object recognition and object placement
Working and long term memory, novel object exploration

Social discrimination
Olfactory short- and long-term memory

Y and T-maze
Spontaneous and delayed alternation, place/spatial memory, preferences

Prepulse Inhibition and Prepulse Facilitation
sensorimotor gating, attention

Open Field
locomotion, habituation, exploration, risk assessment

Enclosed Radial Arm Maze
spatial and working memory

Place Preference
reinforced learning

Labryinth Maze
spatial memory

Morris Water Maze
spatial memory

Taste Aversion Learning
classical conditioning


Analgesia

Von Frey
tactile and pain threshold

Cold tail-flick
Pain threshold


Other

Estrous Cycle Staging
puberty onset, breeding and reproductive function

Functional Observation Battery
for adult and pre-weanling rodents

Environmental Enrichment

Video Camera and TV monitor
for permanent recording ethological

Animal Protocols


Sensorimotor Function

Rotarod
motor coordination and motor learning, sedation

Grip Strength
muscle strength and stamina

Balance Beam
motor coordination and motor learning, sedation

Visual Placing and Visual Cliff
visual acuity

Auditory function
startle response to specific tones


Affection and Emotional Behavior

Forced Swim
depression (behavioral despair)

Elevated Plus Maze
anxiety-like behavior

Social Preference
depression and anxiety

Social Interaction, Reproduction, Aggression
depression and anxiety, limbic system and HPA function

Marble Burying
neophobia and anxiety

Acoustic startle
anxiety and arousal


Software

Viewer
automated tracking system

JMP and Statview
statistical analysis

Deltagraph
publication quality data presentation

J Watcher
event recorder for ethological analysis of behavior