Multi-Center Trial of a Standardized Battery of Tests of Mouse Behavior

Protocols sets for conduct of the study, including the behavioral test battery.
These represent the protocols used in the studies which began 4-20-98.
Language of these protocols was last clarified on 6-4-99.


  • General Procedures, including animal husbandry.
  • Procedures common to all behavioral tests.
  • Locomotor Activity Testing.
  • Elevated Plus Maze.
  • Coordination on the RotaRod.
  • Water Maze Escape Learning Task.
  • Cocaine-stimulated Locomotor Activity.
  • Alcohol Consumption.
  • Forebrain commissures.


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