Many psychiatric illnesses are depression- or anxiety-related disorders. Behavioral tests with rodents are crucial to get insights on the underlying mechanisms and eventually find new treatments.

Optogenetics is a method to specifically activate or even inhibit small groups of neurons with light. By assessing the effect of this stimulation on animal behavior, one can gain insight into neuronal functioning.

The assessment of gait and locomotion is an important part of research into conditions that affect the central and peripheral nervous system, such as Parkinson's disease, TBI, or arthritis.

There is a wide range of well-validated paradigms available for testing cognition. Studies focus on different types of learning and memory, such as spatial memory, long-term, short-term, and working memory.

Long-term behavioral testing is ideal to monitor the daily rhythm, activity patterns, stereotypic and epileptic behavior, or eating and drinking behavior of your lab animal over a consecutive period of time.

The study of social interaction between two or more animals is a powerful method for modeling disorders that affect social behavior, such as schizophrenia, depression, and autism.