The Neurobehavioral Phenotyping Platform of the Quebec Genomics Center located within the CHUQ Research Center is a state-of-the art facility designed to serve as a time-efficient and cost-effective service for researchers and pharmaceutical industry in need of behavioral and neuropharmacological analyses in small rodents. We will provide expertise in all aspects related to the consultation, selection of appropriate behavioral tests and background strains as well as deriving an optimal experimental design for testing specific hypotheses, statistical analysis, data interpretation and writing manuscripts.

The platform is equipped to accommodate a full battery of behavioral tests relevant to learning and memory, sensory abilities, motor function, nociception, and anxiety-related behaviors. We are specialized in genetic and pharmacological phenotyping in both mouse and rat. In addition, the core facility provides expertise in an array of experimental models of nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer, Parkinson, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth, cerebellar ataxia’s, muscular dystrophy, and peripheral nerve and spinal cord lesions.