Services Offered:
Learning and Memory:
? Cued and Contextual Conditioning
? Passive/ Active Avoidance
? T-maze
? Morris Water Maze
? Radial Maze
? Olfactory Learning & Memory
? Straight Alley
? Social Memory
? Barnes Maze
? Conditioned Fear
? Holeboard
? Place Recognition
? Fear-Potentiated Startle
? Biel Maze Depression:
? Tail Suspension
? Forced Swim
? Differential Reinforcement of Low Rate of Responding (DRL)
? Holeboard
? Intracranial Self Stimulation
? Social Interaction Fear/Anxiety:
? Light Dark Exploration
? Elevated Plus-Maze
? Ultrasonic Vocalization
? Active/Passive Avoidance
? Conditioned Fear
? Fear Potentiated Startle
? Open Field
? Vogel Conflict
Drug Abuse
? Place Conditioning
? Intracranial Self-Stimulation
? Sensitization/Withdrawal
? Intravenous Self-Administration
? Drug Discrimination
? Alcohol Consumption
? Progressive Ratio Schedules Attentional Deficits:
? Prepulse Inhibition of Startle
? Latent Inhibition
? Passive/Active Avoidance
? Serial-Reaction Time Task Activity/Motor Deficits
? Open/Field
? Circadian Wheel Running
? Rota-Rod
Urology/Urodynamics/Urogenital
? Animal models of bladder dysfunction
? Outflow obstruction
? Chemical cystitis
? Spinal cord injury
? Inflammatory cystitis
? Urodynamic testing, cystometry
? Contractility of isolated muscle segments
? Penile erection model
? Calcium imaging
? Membrane potential
? Single cell electrophysiology, patch clamp recording of ion channel activity Gastrointestinal Function
? Colonic motility
? Models of irritable bowel syndrome
? Inflammatory bowel
? Constipation General Physiological/Pharmacological Testing
? Smooth muscle function
? In vitro and in vivo studies
? Development of study protocols
? Evaluation of varying doses and routes of administration
? Collection and analysis of blood and tissue samples
? Monitoring of animal health, weight, appearance, etc.
? Monitoring of consumption of food and water
? Short-term or long-term studies
? Delivery of samples to you for analysis in your laboratory