BEHAVIORAL TESTING FACILITY (BTF)

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 行为测试设施(BTF)的主要目标是满足与中央加勒比大学(UCC)几个小组发展进程有关的需求。行为测试设施对UCC的各种正在进行的和新的项目至关重要。我们的计划是作为一个参考设施，向波多黎各和美国大陆的实验室提供动物行为的研究。BTF提供的所有服务都直接使用位于物理设施中的设备，还使用其他数据获取途径，例如通过无线设备进行远程获取。 去年，我们对波多黎各科学界进行了该设施的营销，目的是招募新用户。我们不断促进和加强UCC调查人员之间以及UCC实验室和波多黎各其他学术机构之间的合作。这些方法过去和过去都非常成功，新用户的登记证明了这一点，其中三人来自UCC，两人来自外部科学界。 通过包括对生命参数(心率、血氧饱和度、呼吸频率等)的非侵入性评估，该设施得到了改进。在小鼠和大鼠身上。在行为测试之前执行的评估代表了行为分析过程中强大且有希望的增强。在不久的将来，我们将致力于恢复通过Internet2获取数据。这一目标将与UCC的网络和信息系统管理局合作实施。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The main goal of the Behavioral Testing Facility (BTF) is to cover a need associated with the development processes of several groups at the Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC). The Behavioral Testing Facility is of fundamental importance for a variety of ongoing and new projects at the UCC. Our projection is to serve as a reference facility, making available the study of animal behavior to laboratories in Puerto Rico as well as the continental US. All services offered by the BTF directly use the equipment located in the physical facility and also use other routes of data acquisition such as remote acquisition by means of wireless equipment. Last year we carried out the facility's marketing of the Puerto Rican scientific community with the purpose of recruiting new users. We are continually promoting and increasing collaborations among UCC-investigators and between UCC-laboratories and other academic institutions in Puerto Rico. These approaches were and have been very successful, as demonstrated by the enrollment of new users, three of them from the UCC and two from the external scientific community. The facility has been improved by including the non-invasive evaluation of vital parameters (Heart-Rate, Blood Oxygen Saturation, Respiratory-Rate, etc.) in mice and rats. The evaluation performed previous to the behavioral testing represented a strong and promising enhancement during behavioral analysis. In the near future, we will dedicate our efforts to restore the acquisition of data across Internet2. This objective will be implemented in collaboration with Network and Information Systems Administration at the UCC.