University of Kentucky

Contact Info:

Robert Kline

https://research.uky.edu/abebc

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RRID: RRID:SCR_027395

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Description:

Core conducts animal behavior tests for investigators at the University of Kentucky. Ensures that qualified and trained investigators have access to instrumentation and expertise necessary to perform behavior tests. Provides assistance in the design, implementation and analysis of behavioral experiments in rodents and other animals. Provides equipment for measurement of lean/fat mass and whole body metabolism in mice. Echo MRI is utilized for non-invasive quantitative assessment of lean and fat mass. Sable Promethion Calorimeter indirectly measures oxygen consumption (RER), food and water intake, and physical activity in mice.