Johns Hopkins Phenotyping Symposium:

Rodent Behavioral Core Director
Associate Professor
Division of Neurobiology
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

	FOR MICE
Motor coordination Balance Muscle strength		Rotarod + Accelerating Rotarod Also Forced Swim Test
Fearfulness Anxiety		Elevated Plus Maze Open arm entries Time spent in open vs. closed? arms Open Field Test Horizontal activity Peripheral (thigmotactic) Central Vertical activity (rearing) Grooming Freezing Conditioned Fear responses: Freezing Autonomic responses heart rate breathing defecation
Sensorimotor integration		Acoustic Startle Response Habituation Pre-pulse inhibition Also Heat Sensitization
Learning Cognitive Functions		Y Maze T Maze Morris Water Maze Tail Suspension (learned helplessness)
Social Functions		Social interaction (same & opposite sex) Ultrasonic Vocalization detection (singing)
	FOR RATS
Motor coordination Balance Muscle strength		Rotarod Beamwalk Gridwalk / Horizontal Ladder Footprint Gait Analysis
Fearfulness Anxiety		BBB (open field / locomotor) Fear Conditioning
Sensorimotor		Startle Response (PPI)
LearningCognitive Functions

FOR MICE