Contract Preclinical Research

The Science Center at Catamount
Research & Development, Inc.,
A MED Associates Inc. Affiliate Company


Services Offered

Learning and Memory:

  • Cued and Contextual Conditioning
  • Passive/ Active Avoidance
  • T-maze
  • Morris Water Maze
  • Radial Maze
  • Olfactory Learning & Memory
  • Straight Alley
  • Social Memory
  • Barnes Maze
  • Conditioned Fear
  • Holeboard
  • Place Recognition
  • Fear-Potentiated Startle
  • Biel Maze

Depression:

  • Tail Suspension
  • Forced Swim
  • Differential Reinforcement of Low Rate of Responding (DRL)
  • Holeboard
  • Intracranial Self Stimulation
  • Social Interaction

Fear/Anxiety:

  • Light Dark Exploration
  • Elevated Plus-Maze
  • Ultrasonic Vocalization
  • Active/Passive Avoidance
  • Conditioned Fear
  • Fear Potentiated Startle
  • Open Field
  • Vogel Conflict
 
Drug Abuse
  • Place Conditioning
  • Intracranial Self-Stimulation
  • Sensitization/Withdrawal
  • Intravenous Self-Administration
  • Drug Discrimination
  • Alcohol Consumption
  • Progressive Ratio Schedules
Attentional Deficits:
  • Prepulse Inhibition of Startle
  • Latent Inhibition
  • Passive/Active Avoidance
  • Serial-Reaction Time Task
Activity/Motor Deficits
  • Open/Field
  • Circadian Wheel Running
  • Rota-Rod

Urology/Urodynamics/Urogenital

  • Animal models of bladder dysfunction
  • Outflow obstruction
  • Chemical cystitis
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Inflammatory cystitis
  • Urodynamic testing, cystometry
  • Contractility of isolated muscle segments
  • Penile erection model
  • Calcium imaging
  • Membrane potential
  • Single cell electrophysiology, patch clamp recording of ion channel activity

Gastrointestinal Function

  • Colonic motility
  • Models of irritable bowel syndrome
  • Inflammatory bowel
  • Constipation

General Physiological/Pharmacological Testing

  • Smooth muscle function
  • In vitro and in vivo studies
  • Development of study protocols
  • Evaluation of varying doses and routes of administration
  • Collection and analysis of blood and tissue samples
  • Monitoring of animal health, weight, appearance, etc.
  • Monitoring of consumption of food and water
  • Short-term or long-term studies
  • Delivery of samples to you for analysis in your laboratory

Resources

Resources include: