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Rodent Behavioral Analysis Suite
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The Rodent Behavioral Analysis Suite contains three high-quality sound-attenuating test rooms, each equipped with a video tracking system with multiple arena, multiple body Point, and trial and hardware control modules. This allows the behavioral assessment of a variety of panels of anxiety, depression, learning tasks, and automated motor function characterization. The Suite also provides a variety of mazes, optogenetic stimulation tool box, and foot shock chambers for various animal models and behavioral analysis.
All rodents must be housed in ASRC Comparative Medicine Unit for the use of the Rodent Behavioral Analysis Suite. All users must have animal use protocols approved by ASRC Institutional Animal Use and Care Committee.
Instruments and Tools | Usage Rates »
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Balance Beam ›
Rodent motor function assessment
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Complex Running Wheel ›
Variation from the standard running wheels to explore behavioral and learning deficits
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Ethovision XT ›
video tracking system for automatically recording animal activity and movement
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Mazes and Foot Shock Chambers ›
Apparatus include the open field arena, elevated plus maze, Porsolt forced swim test cylinder, T-maze, and programmable foot shock chamber
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Prizmatix Optogenetics Toolkit ›
Stand-alone optogenetics pulser and LED system
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Rotarod ›
Rodent motor function assessment
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Treadmill ›
Rodent motor function assessment
For more information please contact:
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Jia Liu, Ph.D.
- Director, Epigenetics Facility
- Director, Rodent Behavioral Analysis Suite
- Research Associate Professor, Neuroscience Initiative
Phone: 212.413.3183