Behavioral Model Report

Animal Behavioral Model Report

1. You will either pick or be assigned a rodent behavioral paradigm from a list. 

2. Try to learn what you can about this paradigm. What is it supposed to measure? How does it work? What does a rodent do within this paradigm (or what happens to the rodent)? What equipment do you need to run it? What else would you need to know to use it? 

3. Think about this paradigm. What are your thoughts, if any, on the validity of this method? What concerns, if any, would you have using it as a measure? Can you think of any other problems or improvements?

4. Put the information you find (#2) and any additional thoughts you have (#3) on a page on your website! Be prepared to give a quick overview in class.

Animal Behavioral Paradigms:

1. Rotarod

2. Open Field

3. Footprint Pattern Assay

4. Vertical Pole test

5. Visual Cliff assay

6. Startle Response assay

7. Tail flick assay

8. Hargreaves assay

9. Von Frey assay

10. Morris Water Maze

11. Barnes Maze

12. Radial Arm Maze

13. Novel Object Recognition

14. Go/No-Go task

15. Conditioned Place Preference

16. Resident-Intruder Assay

17. Social Approach Task

18. Elevated Plus Maze

19. Forced Swim Test

20. Sucrose Preference Test