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Table
of
Contents
General
Instructions:
SOP
for
BRB
Behavioral
Suite
…………………………………………………
3
Cleaning
the
Behavioral
Suite
………………………………………………..
4
General
Experimental
Design………………………………………………….
6
Protocols
for
Behavioral
Experiments
Activity
Monitor/
Open
Field
…………………………………………………
7
Elevated
Plus
Maze
(without
tracking
system)
……………………….
8
Elevated
Plus
Maze
(with
tracking
system)
…………………………….
9
Pre‐pulse
Inhibition
………………………………………………………………
10
Y‐Maze
…………………………………………………………………………………
11
Social
Interaction
………………………………………………………………….
15
Intruder/Resident
………………………………………………………………..
17
Sociability
&
Preference
for
Social
Novelty
…………………………..
18
Habituation/Dishabituation………………………………………………….
20
Olfaction
……………………………………………………………………………..
21
Novel
Object
Recognition……………………………………………………..
23
Morris
Water
Maze
……………………………………………………………..
24
Ultrasonic
Vocalization
Detector…………………………………………..
28
Forced
Swim
Test…………………………………………………………………
30
Fear
Conditioning………………………………………………………………..
31
Tail
Suspension
Test…………………………………………………………….
33
Rotarod……………………………………………………………………………….
34
T‐Maze………………………………………………………………………………..
35
Passive‐
and
Active‐Avoidance…………………………………………….
38
Contact
Information
Animal
resources
………………………………………………………………..
40
BRB
Behavioral
suite
…………………………………………………………..
40
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