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Services

Rodent behavior testing
as a service.

Anxiety, spatial learning and fear conditioning tests — with video tracking, statistical analysis and publication-quality figures. Backed by behavioural work published in Molecular Psychiatry, Journal of Pathology and Cerebral Cortex. Send animals; get back data, figures and a report.

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What we deliver

Four things, in one package.

Testing

Habituation, handling, and controlled runs by experienced staff. Blinded when needed. Full menu of anxiety, depression, learning and social tests.

Video tracking

Trajectory, velocity, zone entries, latency, freezing, and social interaction — extracted with automated tracking software.

Analysis + figures

Statistical comparison across groups, publication-quality figures (vector SVG/PDF), colorblind-safe palettes, ready for journal submission.

Written report

Methods, results, statistical interpretation and figure legends — written in the voice of a peer-reviewed paper, ready to fold into your manuscript.

Test menu

What we can run.

Anxiety & locomotion

  • · Elevated Plus Maze (EPM)
  • · Open Field

Spatial learning & memory

  • · Novel Object Location (NOL)
  • · Barnes Maze

Fear conditioning

  • · Contextual fear conditioning
  • · Cued fear conditioning
  • · Combined contextual + cued

Pricing

Per cohort. All-in.

All prices in USD, per cohort of 10–15 animals. Includes running the test, video tracking, statistical analysis, publication-quality figures and a written report. University overhead already included. Bespoke projects quoted individually.

Test Academic Non-profit Industry
Elevated Plus Maze $720 $1,080 $1,560
Open Field $600 $900 $1,320
Novel Object Location (NOL) $960 $1,440 $2,040
Barnes Maze $2,400 $3,600 $5,280
Contextual fear conditioning $1,200 $1,800 $2,640
Cued fear conditioning $1,500 $2,250 $3,240
Combined contextual + cued
Single conditioning session, two test days — bundled pricing
 $1,800 $2,700 $3,840

Prices do not include:

  • · Purchase of animals
  • · Animal-house maintenance and per-diem
  • · Drug or vehicle treatments and injections
  • · Imports, customs and shipping

Industry clients

Contracts and invoicing for commercial projects are handled through BGN Technologies, Ben-Gurion University's tech-transfer office. Submit your request through the form below and we will coordinate the paperwork.

Backed by our work

Behaviour in our published research.

Molecular Psychiatry · 2023

Interplay between hippocampal TACR3 and systemic testosterone in regulating anxiety-associated synaptic plasticity

Elevated Plus Maze phenotyping and in vivo LTP in rats.

Journal of Pathology · 2009

Morphological alterations to neurons of the amygdala and impaired fear conditioning in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Auditory (cued) fear conditioning in APP/PS1 mice, paired with 3D dendritic spine morphology.

For the lab's full publication list across all techniques, see shiraknafo.com/#publications.

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Tell us about the study.

You'll get back a written quote and a proposed timeline, usually within 3 working days.

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