SYMPOSIUM 1

Behavioral phenotyping in rodents: fundamental issues

Oral presentations
Wednesday, August 28, 09:00-14:50, Aula
Chair: F. Sluyter (London, U.K.)

09:00

F. Sluyter (London, U.K). Introduction

09:05

H. Würbel (Zürich, Switzerland). Housing matters: implications of developmental plasticity for behavioral phenotyping.

09:35

K.J. Buck (Portland, OR, U.S.A.). Mapping murine loci for physical dependence on ethanol.

10:05

D.P. Wolfer (Zürich, Switzerland). Exploiting video-tracking data to dissect water maze learning and strategy choice in mutant mice.

10:35

Coffee break

11:00

I. Golani, D. Lipkind, N. Kafkafi and G.I. Elmer (Tel Aviv, Israel). Phenotyping mouse locomotor behavior in ten strains and across three laboratories using SEE (Strategy for the Exploration of Exploration).

11:30

Y. Benjamini, G.I. Elmer, N. Kafkafi and A. Sakov (Tel Aviv, Israel). Replicability issues in the analysis of open field behavior of inbred mouse strains over three laboratories.

11:50

R. Gerlai, T. Fitch, S. Chaney and B. Adams (Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.). Fear conditioning: automated detection of immobility, and the need to do more!

12:10

T. Roach, C.H. Volmar, R. Crescentini, A. DelleDonne, F.C. Crawford and M.J. Mullan (Tampa, FL, U.S.A.). Nesting behavior as a phenotypic tool in APP transgenic mice.

12:30 Lunch break (lunch starts at 13:00)
14:00 L McIlwain, M.Y. Merriweather and R.E. Paylor (Seattle, WA, U.S.A.). Effects of test experience in a mouse behavioral test battery.

14:30

R.E. Brown, A. Pickering, M. Williamson, K. Luedemann and C. Hawken (Halifax, Canada). Evaluating three versions of the Barnes maze for mice: some problems in developing a test of spatial learning.

Poster presentations and demonstrations
Thursday, August 29, 14:00-17:30

1.1.

S. Reinecke, E. Shanina, T. Schallert and O.W. Witte (Jena, Germany). Influence of sequential photothrombotic cortical lesions on forelimb use in rats.

1.2.

X. Codony, A. Fisas, M. Jané, A.J. Farré and X. Guitart (Barcelona, Spain). Anxiolytic activity of E-5842, a potential atypical antipsychotic, in the isolation-induced ultrasonic vocalizations of rat pups.

1.3. P. Nedergaard (Copenhagen, Denmark). Do female rats actually like sex?
1.4. E. Binder, A. Roedel, F. Holsboer and F. Ohl (Munich, Germany). The modified hole board as a large-scale screen for cognitive alterations.
1.5. S. Arndt, D. Surjo and F.J. van der Staay (Köln, Germany). The "mouse fitness centre": motor function analysis as part of the general health assessment for mice.
1.6. G. Peraus (Munich, Germany). Complex neurological and behavioral characterization of ENU mouse mutants.
1.7. D. Surjo, S.S. Arndt, F.J. van der Staay, U. Baumann and O. Huettmann (Köln, Germany). The "mouse activity centre": a new method for analysing spontaneous and running wheel activity in mice.
1.8. F. Magara, E. Welker, D.P. Wolfer and H.-P. Lipp (Lausanne, Switzerland). Regional cerebral 2-deoxyglucose uptake during open-field exposure in mice: metabolic patterns of habituation and exploratory activity.
1.9.

J.P. Johansson and M.L. Carlsson (Göteborg, Sweden). Measuring social interactions in colour-marked rats adapted to a reversed daylight cycle: ultraviolet lighting and fluorescent markers help avoid problems with colour distinction in dim light.

1.10. M. Nilsson, K. Rydén Markinhuhta and M.L. Carlsson (Göteborg, Sweden). Assessing cognition-enhancing properties of antipsychotic agents by movement pattern analysis in mice.
1.11. T.J. Zarcone and S.C. Fowler (Lawrence, KS, U.S.A.). Quantifying locomotion and paw slips in a grid actometer/ataxia meter chamber.
1.12. A.B. Cherepov, A.O. Lukashev, I.A. Novosyolov, K.S. Rayevsky and K.V. Anokhin (Moscow, Russian Federation). Relationships between novelty- versus d-amphetamine-induced behavior and brain c-fos expression in two inbred mouse strains: a functional systems analysis.
1.13. C. Niciporciukas and L.C. Sa-Rocha (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Risk assessment behavior of rats in the elevated plus maze: methodological aspects and effects of typical and novel drugs.
1.14. R. Houston, F. de Lange, J.M. Dieleman and C.J. Kalkman (Utrecht, The Netherlands). Long-term neurocognitive deficit, cardiopulmonary bypass and microsphere injection in the rat.
1.15. H.-P. Lipp, D.P. Wolfer, G. Dell'omo and A.L. Vyssotski (Zürich, Switzerland). Transponder-based in-cage learning and activity monitoring system for 8-16 mice per cage: INTELLICAGE and TRAFFICAGE for high-throughput screening.
1.16. H. P. Lipp, G. Dell'omo and A.L. Vyssotski (Zürich, Switzerland). New tools for ecological and orientation research: E-NEST and MICRO-GPS pathlogger.
1.17. I. Ermakova (Moscow, Russian Federation). Algorithmic analysis of rat behavior in a radial water maze.
1.18. R. Brown, S. Kehoe and S. Turner (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). Analysis of rodent ultrasonic vocalizations using the TDT System II.
1.19. D. de Ridder (Delft, The Netherlands). Principal components and curves for describing rodent behavior.
1.20. B. Bert (Berlin, Germany). Phenotypic characterization of transgenic mice: choosing the right test battery.
1.21. S. Köks (Tartu, Estonia). Cat odour exposure increases the expression of wolframin gene in the amygdaloid area of rat.

1.22

K. Rünkorg, S. Kõks and E. Vasar (Tartu, Estonia). Behavior of CCK-B knockout mice in place conditioning tests.