ACTIVITIES
Three activities are offered to support research projects at any step:
• Consulting: the team provides advice about design of experimental projects or protocols, adequate selection and use of specific behavioral tests, data analyses and manuscript writing
• Staff training: the team also proposes specialized training sessions for the use of specific equipment and software
• Room/Equipment rental: 12 procedure rooms including more than 20 behavioral
tests are available for rent
EQUIPMENT
• Basic motor and sensory function: homecage scan, seizure scan, rotarod, locotronic, open field, actimeter, running wheel, Y maze, runway, treadmill, hot/cold plate, SHIRPA
• Learning and memory: Morris water maze, radial arm maze, fear conditioning, empathy chamber, object recognition
• Social behavior: group scan, sociability chamber
• Anxiety and depression-like behaviors: elevated plus maze, dark/light chamber, tail suspension, forced swim
• Metabolism/calorimetry: metabolic cages
• Attention: 5-9 holes
• Muscular strength: Grip strength meter, grid
• CleverSys software suite
• Any maze software (Stoelting)