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