| Experimental methods | Experimental apparatus | Brief introduction | Application |
| Elevated plus-maze test | Elevated plus maze | Elevated plus maze is to evaluate the anxiety state of animals, this test is based on animal's characteristics that animal will form a conflict beacause its exploration in new environment and the fear of high open arms. | Elevated plus maze is widely used in scientific research on new drug development, pharmacology, toxicology, preventive medicine, neurobiology, animal psychology. |
| Tail suspension test | Tail suspension test system | Tail suspension test system is suitable for rat, mouse or other laboratory animals, by fixing the animal tail to make its head hanging down, then record a series of parameters about animals in this environment of a desperate state. | Widely used in primary screening for antidepressants. |
| the light-dark transition test | the light-dark transition test system | Rodents are inherently uncomfortable with bright lighting areas and have the tendency to explore new environments spontaneously, which making black and white boxes an easy-to-use test instrument without the need for pre-training of animals. | it is widely used in study on learning and memory, Alzheimer's disease, intelligence and aging, new drug development / screening / evaluation, pharmacology, toxicology, preventive medicine, neurobiology, animal psychology and behavioral biology and other disciplines of scientific research. |
