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UCLA Behavioral Testing Core Facility
Personnel: Email:
Michael Fanselow
fanselow@psych.ucla.edu
Ravi Ponnusamy
ravi@mednet.ucla.edu
Alcino Silva
silvaa@ucla.edu

Location:
Please Contact

Phone Number:
310-267-4628
  Behavioral Testing Core

Web Addresss: Rates
Behavioral Tasks
Forms and Templates
Core URL

Training:

Training available on request.


Related Resources & Cores:

The Behavioral Testing Core facility provides a much needed service and enhances further the standing of the UCLA research community in behavioral genetics; providing equipment and training in the most frequently-used rodent behavior procedures. The Core is available to all UCLA researchers interested in the determination of behavioral phenotypes in different rodent strains. The Core was established with the assistance of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and members of the UCLA research community. Fees paid by individual users support the daily operations of the Core.


The following tasks are available in the UCLA Behavioral Testing Core Facility:
  • Rat Services
  • Fear Conditioning
  • Startle/PPI
  • Morris Water Maze
  • Radial Arm Maze
  • T Maze
  • Social Interaction
  • Ultrasonic Vocalization
  • Conditioned Taste Aversion
  • Conditioned Place Preference
  • Novel Object Recognition
  • Aggr