OUR RESEARCH TECHNIQUES

BEHAVIOURAL TESTS

• Ligh-dark box →Stress measure
• Open field → Stress measure
• Forced swim test → Stress and depression measure
• Novel object recognition → Memory measure
• Conditioned Place Preference (CPP) and Aversion (CPA)
• Alcohol Deprivation Effect (ADE)
• Alcohol Intermittent Access
• Operant sef-administration

IN VIVO METHODS

• Microdialysis
• Designer Receptor Exclusively Activated by
   Designer Drugs (DREADD)
• Stereotaxic surgery
BIOCHEMICAL ASSAYS

• Western Blot
• Immunohistochemistry
• Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA)
• Multiplex ELISA
• Semiquantitative protein array
In situ hybridisation
• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)