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Mission and Overview

Core Policies

Tests and Equipment

Training and Classes

Data Sheets

Animal Protocols

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dept. of Neuroscience

Kennedy Center Core Facilities

Animal Institute

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The Behavioral Core provides staff, space and testing equipment for a wide range of behavioral assays in mice and rats. These tests are broadly applicaple to the study of heritable and developmental disorders of cognitve function, sensorimotor disorders, pyschiatric and affective disorders, neuropathological diseases, aging and reproductive function

Objectives

The Core aims to facilitate behavioral testing at every level. Some of our resources and services include:

• Dedicated space, software and apparatus (see tests and equipment)
• Expertise in design, analysis and publication of behavioral studies
• Manuscripti writing and dealing with reviews
• Maintain Core animal protocols and assist with user's animal protocols
• Training (staff, students and faculty)
• Assitance with grants
• Establish databases and baselines in commonly used strains
• Reference and information databases
• Model development
• Liason with Animal Institute
• Other - breeding, general animal health
• Support for statistics and graphing programs (see Links)