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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)
Learning and Memory
- Y-Maze (Spontaneous Alternation)
- Water Maze (Place-learning plus Reversal learning)
- Passive Avoidance
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