Animal Behavior Core

Overview of Services

Purdue Animal Behavior Core - Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience  - Purdue University

The Purdue Animal Behavior Core (PABC), part of the Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience (PIIN), is a facility that provides validated behavioral and physiological assays to aid in preclinical research using in vivo models. The core also offers a testing environment for developing novel devices and imaging tools to examine brain and behavior relationships. Using cutting-edge automated technologies, the facility efficiently models a wide range of neurodevelopmental disorders, psychiatric illnesses, neurodegenerative diseases, and spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries.

New Purdue users please go to the 'Request Services' tab go to Training Request/Initial Consultation. Non-Purdue affiliated users please email Dr. Wendy Koss for information.

Use this link to view a short presentation that shows some of our capabilities https://youtu.be/wQwmSp-cPqg

 

Leadership

Wendy Koss, Ph.D. |Facility Director
(765)496-6813
wkoss@purdue.edu

Location and hours of operation

Hours      Location

For Trained Users: 24 hours/7 days per week
For Assistance: 9 AM - 5 PM/M-F 

     Martin Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering
     206 S. Martin Jischke Dr. 

PABC website

https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/institute-for-integrative-neuroscience/facilities/animal-behavior-core/index.php

 

 

Contacts

Name Role Phone Email Location
Dr. Wendy Koss
Facility Director
 
(765)496-6813
 
wkoss@purdue.edu
 
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