services

 

Service	MBPF, Helsinki	Phenotyping center, Kuopio
A1 Motor tests
Automated monitoring of spontaneous activity	x	x
Rotarod	x	x
Beam walking	x	x
Catwalk		x
Grid hanging	x	x
Grip strength	x
Cylinder test	x	x
Turning preference		x
Sensorimotor reflexes	x	x
A2 Sensory tests
Nociception (hotplate, tail flick)	x	x
Tactile sensitivity (von Frey Hairs)	x	x
Hearing (acoustic startle + prepulse inhibition)	x	x
Vision (visual discrimination)	x	x
Olfaction (olfactory threshold, discrimination)	x	x
A3 Emotion tests
Elevated plus-maze	x	x
Elevated zero-maze	x
Light-dark box	x	x
Open field	x	x
Marble burying	x	x
CO2 panic test		x
Forced swimming test	x	x
Tail suspension test	x	x
Sucrose preference	x	x
Fear conditioning	x	x
Novelty-suppressed feeding	x	x
Stress-induced hyperthermia	x	x
A4 Tests for addiction
Ethanol preference	x	x
Ethanol tolerance		x
Conditioned place preference	x	x
Conditioned taste preference
A5 Social behavior
Social interaction	x	x
Sociability	x	x
Social dominance (tube test)	x	x
Territorial aggression		x
Ultrasonic vocalisations	x
A6 Cognitive tests
Short-term memory spontaneous alternation in T- or Y-mazes; rewarded delayed alternation in T-maze; working memory test in 8-arm radial maze; novel object recognition	x	x
Long-term memory spatial navigation in ‘water maze’ (Morris swim task); spatial navigation in Barnes maze; position preference in the T-maze; long-term memory version of the 8-arm radial maze; fear conditioning; novel object recognition; odor discrimination	x	x
Cognitive flexibility position reversal in the T-maze; new platform position in Morris swim task	x	x
Planning (nest building)	x	x
A7 Long-term monitoring
Spontaneous (circadian) activity in home-cage, single-housed animal	x
Spontaneous activity and cognitive testing in social home-cage (IntelliCage)	x
Metabolic phenotyping (activity, food/water intake, indirect calorimetry)		x

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