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Mouse Phenotyping

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NeuroDetective International: Pre-clinical Contract Research - Mouse Phenotyping

Mouse Phenotyping
 


Initial assessment of appearance

  • Body weight
  • Body length
  • Vibrissae
  • Eye appearance
  • Muscle Tone

Sensorimotor reflexes visual placement

    • Hearing (Preyer's Reflex)
    • Contact placing and orienting to touch of vibrissae
    • Olfactory test (Chemosensory)

Motor Skills 

      • Forepaw grip
      • Inclined screen
      • Latency to move
      • Tail-hanging
      • Reaching task


Balance and Coordination

        • Two cm. pole walk
        • Two cm. plank walk
        • Four cm. plank walk
        • Rotarod

Locomotor Abilities/ Activity Box (Open-Field test)

          •  Elevated plus maze

Learning and Memory

  • Y-Maze (Spontaneous Alternation)
  • Water Maze (Place-learning plus Reversal learning)
  • Passive Avoidance

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