The Functional Exploration Platform (FEP) is an important area of 150m2 dedicated to the analysis of the behavior of rodents. The behavioral assessment tests available allow characterization of neuropathology rodent models in terms of cognitive abilities, major and fine motor skills, as well as anxiety traits or depression.
Global motor activity is evaluated by actimetry in an automated openfield. Coordination, balance and strength are assessed by rotarod, pole test, prehensile traction test and grip test. Anxiety-like behaviour can be assessed by elevated plus maze and light and dark box; and depression-related behaviour by forced swimming test or sucrose preference. Various mazes of increasing difficulty (Y maze, radial arm maze, Barnes maze and Morris water maze) are dedicated to the exploration of spatial memory (working and reference) as well as procedural memory according to the paradigm used. Short term recognition memory can also be evaluated by the object recognition test. Fear conditioning can be used to test passive avoidance or prepulse inhibition behaviour related to emotional, associative learning/memory and attention respectively.
The equipment is diversified:
The platform is in permanent evolution and new paradigms can be developed to fit different models depending of your projects.
In parallel, Lille University has recently opened a new degree about behavioral exploration of rodent. This training is intended for researchers and trainees wishing to develop or use neuro-pathophysiological models in the context of research projects.
The objectives are:
Participants will be informed of issues relating to the development of a pathophysiological model and a behavioral assessment protocol adapted.
A practical part will be devoted to the realization of behavioral tasks covering the main areas addressed in the theoretical part, with or without pharmacological modulation to familiarize participants with the experimental conditions and data analysis. At the end, the training will be completed by a test.
FORMATION 2024:
AUEC Comportement adapté aux modèles physiopathologiques
WORKSHOP le 11 mars 2024 à 14h
- Intellicage: Cage collective de phénotypage comportemental et cognitif
- Multiconditioning system: 10 paradigmes de conditionnement en un
- NeuroLux: Intégration de l'optogénétique sans fil aux plates-formes de phénotypage in vivo
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NB: la participation à ce séminaire peut être comptabilisée pour votre formation continue en expérimentation animale
SEMINAIRE le 20 février 2024
EthoVision, PhenoTyper et autres outils pour étudier le comportement animal
Dr. Charlotte Laloux
Dr. Jacques Prieur
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Formation : Attestation Universitaire d'Etudes Complémentaires
Comportement adapté aux modèles physiopathologiques
- Présentation de l'AUEC 2023-2024