Neurological Disorders: Functional Observation Battery
The Functional Observation Battery is a series of situations applied to the animal to determine gross sensory and motor deficits. The assay consists of a subset of tests from the Irwin Neurological Screen and SHIRPA protocol that evaluate gross neurological function. In general, short-duration, tactile, olfactory, and visual stimuli are applied to an animal to determine its ability to detect and respond normally. These simple tests take approximately 10 minutes after which mice are returned to their home cage.
Observations are presented in table format as shown below