Modeling mouse anxiety and sensorimotor integration: Neurobehavioral phenotypes in the suok test

Elisabeth Dow*, Valerie Piet, Adam Stewart, Siddharth Gaikwad, Jonathan Cachat, Peter Hart, Nadine Wu, Evan Kyzar, Eli Utterback, Alan Newman, Molly Hook, Kathryn Rhymes, Dillon Carlos, Allan V. Kalueff

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Animal behavioral tests are useful tools for modeling complex human brain disorders. The Suok test (ST) is a relatively new behavioral paradigm that simultaneously examines anxiety and neurological/vestibular phenotypes in rodents. The novelty and instability of the ST apparatus induces anxiety-related behavior in mice, whereas the elevation of the horizontal rod allows for the assessment of motor and neurological phenotypes. This chapter discusses the utility of the ST in detecting mouse anxiety, habituation, exploration, motorisensory deficits, and the interplay between these domains. With a growing number of laboratories using this model, a detailed protocol for the ST behavioral analysis (with a focus on video-tracking tools and novel applications) is also provided.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMood and Anxiety Related Phenotypes in Mice
Subtitle of host publicationCharacterization Using Behavioral Tests, Volume II
EditorsTodd Gould
Pages61-81
Number of pages21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameNeuromethods
Volume63
ISSN (Print)0893-2336
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6045

Keywords

  • Anxiety
  • Behavioral models
  • Ethological analysis
  • Exploration
  • Mice
  • Stress
  • Stress-evoked sensorimotor disintegration
  • Vestibular phenotypes

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