Our Services
The Behavioral and Functional Neuroscience Laboratory has over 60 behavioral paradigms to accommodate a full battery of behavioral tests relevant to learning and memory, sensory gating, motor function, nociception, addiction and anxiety-related behaviors. We are fully equipped to evaluate drug efficacy, genetic and pharmacological phenotyping in both mice and rats. In addition, the center provides expertise in an array of acute and chronic experimental models of neurodegenerative disorders such as stroke and ischemic brain injury.
We also provide in vitro pharmacology services including Amyloid beta, LPS, Alpha synuclein and NMDA toxicity assays. We provide Primary Cortical Neurons (PCN) and Primary Hippocampal Neurons (PHN), microglia cultures for phagocytosis assay and live cell imaging to study the effects of the drug/treatment on gene or protein expression. The cultured neurons are also useful in studying the morphology of neurons and synapse formation/density. Cell survival and toxicity can be evaluated using different techniques such as western blotting, qPCR, and immunocytochemistry.
Review our latest upgrades and services in our Brochure:
Stanford Behavioral and Functional Neurosciences Laboratory Brochure
Service Rates
BFNL has 3 levels of services. See below for our FY24 rate structure for Stanford users:
| Full Service | We manage the studies from the beginning to the end. We design and conduct the experiment. Results and reports are provided to the users. | $189/hour |
| Equipment and procedure room usage | We train users. Users will independently conduct the experiment after initial training. | $62-$79/hour |
| Procedure room usage | We provide the procedure room for users. Users will bring their own equipment and independently conduct the experiment. | $22/hour |
Key Technologies / Equipment:
BFNL is located inside the SIM-1 barrier and at 1050 Arastradero semi-barrier facilities. We offer:
- Over 20 procedure rooms for behavioral pharmacology experiments
- 3 surgery rooms with 11 surgical stations and downdraft tables for tissue collection
- 3 dedicated colony rooms only for our users
- Dedicated BSL2+ room for working with AAVs, Lenti, Alpha synuclein, Borrelia, etc
- Over 50 types of major rodent behavioral testing equipment including Open Field Activity Chambers, Y-maze, Novel Place and Novel Object Recognition, Morris Water Maze, Fear Conditioning, Self-Administration Chambers, and more...
- IncuCyte for live cell imaging, Cryostats, qPCR, WB, HPLC, Azure Biosystems for quantitative analysis of gels, blots, slides, tissue samples, Microplate Reader, Epifluorescence microscopy (EFM) and more….