Technical and scientific expertise
- Animal models (mainly mice), genetically modified or not
- Customised phenotypic studies of mouse and rat models in a standardised environment:
- carried out in compliance with legislation on the protection of experimental animals
- supported via coordination, supervision, monitoring of experiments, support for drafting experimental protocols and scientific publications
Main equipment
- Animal testing equipment:
- basic activity and metabolism (indirect calorimetry, physiocage, open field, etc.)
- anxiety, depression and social behaviour (elevated cross maze, hole board, light-dark anxiety test, social interaction cages, UtraVox XT system, etc.)
- learning/memory and conditioning (Y-maze, eight-arm radial maze, Barnes maze, Morris pool, conditioning test, shuttle box, etc.)
- motor system and coordination (grip strength test, treadmill, elevated beam, Rotarod, CatWalk system, etc.)
- Software
- CatWalk 7.0, Ethovision 6.1, UltraVox XT (Noldus)
- FST, Metabolism, Shutavoid, Startle and Freezing (Bioseb)
Applications
- Studying the genetic basis and understanding the pathophysiology of many diseases such as neurological and neuromuscular disorders
- Studying different aspects of animal behaviour:
- metabolism
- food intake
- activity
- coordination
- pain
- anxiety
- learning
Services available to
- UCLouvain students and researchers
- Researchers from other national and international universities
