{"id":121,"date":"2025-01-16T21:20:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nutrineuro-prod.onlinecreation.pro\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2025-01-16T21:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:20:53","slug":"behavioral-research-platform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nutrineuro.bordeaux.inrae.fr\/en\/resources-and-competences\/behavioral-research-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Behavioral research platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Manager: Serge Alfos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technical staff: Gr\u00e9gory Artaxet, Claudine Tridon, Esther Turbat, Gr\u00e9goire Routier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scientific managers: Pauline Lafen\u00eatre, Muriel Darnaud\u00e9ry, Jean-Christophe Delpech<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Like all establishments that use animals for scientific purposes, CIRCE has a structure in charge of animal welfare (SBEA) and complies with the ethical rules in force. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.u-bordeaux.fr\/recherche\/ethique-de-la-recherche\/recours-aux-animaux-dans-la-recherche-et-la-formation#:~:text=En%20signant%20cette%20charte%2C%20l,recours%20\u00e0%20l'exp\u00e9rimentation%20animale\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.u-bordeaux.fr\/recherche\/ethique-de-la-recherche\/recours-aux-animaux-dans-la-recherche-et-la-formation#:~:text=En%20signant%20cette%20charte%2C%20l,recours%20\u00e0%20l'exp\u00e9rimentation%20animale\">All experimental protocols are assessed beforehand by the ethics committee and the Ministry<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The NutriNeuro laboratory has an experimental platform, the Center for Behavioral Engineering (CIRCE), which enables us to study emotional behaviors, cognitive processes and motivation in preclinical models (rats, mice). These tools enable us to explore the impact of nutrients on behavior and better understand the links between nutrition and brain function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The laboratory offers theoretical expertise and a full range of equipment for studying rodent behavior. It is also equipped to measure neuronal and cerebral activity using in vivo electrophysiology and fiber photometry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our expertise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The NutriNeuro laboratory has an experimental platform, the Center for Behavioral Engineering (CIRCE), which enables us to study emotional behaviors, cognitive processes and motivation in preclinical models (rats, mice). These tools enable us to explore the impact of nutrients on behavior and better understand the links between nutrition and brain function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presentation The laboratory offers theoretical expertise and a full range of equipment for studying rodent behavior. It is also equipped to measure neuronal and cerebral activity using in vivo electrophysiology and fiber photometry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our expertise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Study of <strong>learning and memory<\/strong> processes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study of <strong>emotional<\/strong> processes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study of <strong>motivational<\/strong> processes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study of <strong>maternal<\/strong> behavior<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study of <strong>social<\/strong> behavior<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study of <strong>mother-toddler<\/strong> communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitoring of <strong>food and water intake<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitoring of <strong>fat\/lean mass distribution<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Equipment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Study of learning, memory and emotional processes:<\/strong><br>Using a battery of validated behavioral tests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Study of motivational processes<\/strong><br>16 operant cages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Study of maternal behavior<\/strong><br>30 cameras<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Study of social behavior<\/strong><br>Three-chamber test<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Study of mother-pup communication<\/strong><br>USV microphone coupled with Recorder USGH software (Avisoft, Glienicke, Germany) and SAS LabPro software (Avisoft Bioacoustics).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Feed and liquid intake monitoring<\/strong><br>HM-2 Feed and Liquid Intake<br>Specific collective cages for up to 6 mice, implanted with RFID\uf0e0 chips, automated individual monitoring of food and drink intake over several days, group activity monitoring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Monitoring of fat\/lean weight distribution<\/strong><br>TD-NMR (EchoMRI): Non-invasive analysis of body composition (fat mass, lean mass, biological fluids) in unanesthetized rodents using qRMN (Minispec LF90II (Bruker).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like all establishments that use animals for scientific purposes, CIRCE has a structure in charge of animal welfare (SBEA) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutrineuro.bordeaux.inrae.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutrineuro.bordeaux.inrae.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutrineuro.bordeaux.inrae.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutrineuro.bordeaux.inrae.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutrineuro.bordeaux.inrae.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nutrineuro.bordeaux.inrae.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/nutrineuro.bordeaux.inrae.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions\/122"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nutrineuro.bordeaux.inrae.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nutrineuro.bordeaux.inrae.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}