Circling

(AM1300001)

Repeated, compulsive movement in a circle, often associated with inner ear defects

Spontaneous movement analysis; Open field test; Home cage behavior; General observations; Larval foraging assay; Novel cage test; Three-chamber social approach test

Head bobbing

(AM1300002)

Compulsive up and down movement of the head

Hole-board test; Novel cage test; General observations; Elevated plus maze test

Self injurious behavior

(AM1300003)

Compulsive behavior that results in self harm

General observations; Open field test

Head shaking

(AM1300004)

Compulsive movement of the head in the horizontal plane

General observations

Head tossing

(AM1300005)

Compulsive flailing of the head in multiple directions

Spontaneous movement analysis

Repetitive digging

(AM1300007)

A repetitive behavior trying to unearth objects from cage bedding or burying marbles

Marble-burying test; Home cage behavior; Burrowing test; Resident-intruder test; Reciprocal social interaction test; Observation of repetitive behavior; Three-chamber social approach test; Object-place recognition test

Repetitive nose pokes

(AM1300008)

Repetitive pokes on the same hole in the holeboard nose poke assay

Hole-board test; Spontaneous movement analysis

Self grooming

(AM1300009)

Behavior of cleaning or keeping outward self appearance tidy in a compulsive manner

General observations; Grooming behavior assessments; Open field test; Home cage behavior; Reciprocal social interaction test; Novel cage test; Induced scratching response; Observation of repetitive behavior; Novel object recognition test; Three-chamber social approach test; Splash test to evoke grooming behavior; Visible burrow system; Resident-intruder test; Observation of hair loss

Self scratching

(AM1300010)

Compulsive scraping of the skin, usually with the nails, and increased grooming

Grooming behavior assessments

Stereotypy

(AM1300012)

Repetitive, invariant, persistent motor patterns that do not appear to be purposeful and cannot be categorized as any of the other repetitive behaviors

Marble-burying test; Observation of repetitive behavior; Home cage behavior; Ambulation recordings; Open field test; General observations; Reciprocal social interaction test; Repetitive novel object interaction test; Force plate actometer test; T-maze test

Stereotypy: climbing

(AM1300013)

Stereotypic climbing on the ceiling of the cage for no observable reason or function

Home cage behavior

Vertical jumping or back flipping

(AM1300014)

Continous bouts of jumping or back flipping without provocation or stimuli

Open field test; Home cage behavior; Observation of repetitive behavior; Grooming behavior assessments; General observations; Modified open field test with novel object

Stereotypy: chewing behavior

(AM1300015)

Repetitive or persistent chewing behavior of an object, e.g. a wooden block

General observations; Observation of repetitive behavior

Self grooming: artificial stress evoked

(AM1300016)

Grooming in response to induced stress by a splash of sucrose solution (splash test), intended for hygiene or de-arousal

Grooming behavior assessments; Splash test to evoke grooming behavior

Self grooming: home cage/familiar environment

(AM1300017)

A complex innate behaviour with an evolutionary conserved sequencing pattern observed in all rodents, it is required for several physiologically important processes:hygiene maintenance, thermoregulation, social communication and de-arousal. It is one of the most frequently observed behaviours in awake rodents with characteristic head-to-body progression and also comprises predictable synctatic chain patterns as well as flexible (non predictable) sequential patterning

Home cage behavior; Observation of repetitive behavior; Grooming behavior assessments; General observations; Object-place recognition test

Self grooming: social context

(AM1300018)

Behavior of cleaning or keeping outward self appearance tidy in the presence of social stimuli

Reciprocal social interaction test; Three-chamber social approach test; Grooming behavior assessments; General observations