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19 Aug 2021: Then, we will test whether the findings which result from the frog embryo experiments can be reproduced in higher animals, we use rodents because their neurobiology is similar to humans’.

13 Sep 2021: The number of animals that will undergo surgery will depend on the number of factors that we plan to test over the course of the project, but we envisage to use

19 Aug 2021: We test the function of each genetic alteration before breeding them together. ... I don’t anticipate many refinements to transgenic methods as these are already very standardised and efficient, though where these are reported we will test and

13 Sep 2021: short periods up to 4 hours of water restriction before behavioural tests.

19 Aug 2021: Isolated animals tend to gain more weight than controls; they are more responsive to stimuli predicting reward (in specific behavioural tests) and are hyperactive as measured by specific behavioural tasks. ... least 5 days a week (in average), but they

13 Sep 2021: In order to overcome these limitations and to provide a more ethical way to test smelling behaviour in mice, an automated testing apparatus called AutonoMouse has been recently developed.

19 Aug 2021: In the case of new chemicals, pilot experiments will be used to test chemical toxicity.