Name of Resource

    Aging Rodents Platform (Quebec network for research on aging)

    Name of Principal Investigator - Title

    Prof

    Name of Principal Investigator - First name

    Pierrette

    Name of Principal Investigator - Last name

    Gaudreau

    Address of institution -Institution

    Quebec network for research on aging

    Address of institution - Street address

    900 St-Denis Street

    Address of institution - City

    Montreal

    Address of institution - Postcode

    H2X 0A9

    Country

    Canada

    Website
    Contact email
    Summary

    Aging male and female LOU rats a unique model of successful aging; Aging Sprague Dawley male rats submitted or not to a long term moderate caloric restriction as a model of successuf aging; Aging C57BL/6 male mice

    Q1a. Please indicate below if your cohort includes or expects to include, incidence of the following conditions? (1)

    Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

    Q1b. Does your resource hold

    Animals

    Q2a. Does the resource act as a centre for access and distribution to external groups (who are not the Principal Investigators (PI) for the resource)?

    Yes

    Q2b. If Yes, what procedures and rules apply for access?

    Apply to PI or co-ordinator at resource| Local/ regional access| National access| International Access| Access to industry| Applicant needs to provide separate external ethics approval| Charge for retrieval

    Q3a. Does your resource develop experimental models (animal/cell) for external groups?

    No

    Q3b. If YES and your resource is related to an ANIMAL model, what types of models are provided?

    Q3c. If YES and your resource is related to a CELL model, what types of models are provided?

    Q4a. Is this activity supported as:

    Q4b. Do you deposit what you supply in any kind of central repository?

    Yes

    Disease

    Cognitive decline| Cognitive decline|Cognitive decline

    Species

    Aging LOU Rats| Sprague Dawley rats| Aging C57BL/6 mice

    Available to external user

    Yes| Yes| Yes

    Full phenotypic character

    Please indicate the phenotypes

    memory, stress, eating, motor coordination, muscle strenth| memory, stress, eating, motor coordination, muscle strenth| memory, stress, eating, motor coordination

    List of genotypes or other subtypes

    Q5b. Cognitive function, No of models

    3

    Q5b. Cognitive function, Available to external users

    Yes

    Q5b. Cognitive function, Full phenotypic characterisation

    Partial

    Q5b. Cognitive function, Nature of phenotype

    Memory, stress

    Q5b. Motor function, No of models

    Q5b. Motor function, Available to external users

    Q5b. Motor function, Full phenotypic characterisation

    Q5b. Motor function, Nature of phenotype

    Q5b. Physiological function, no of models

    3

    Q5b. Physiological function, Available to external users

    Yes

    Q5b. Physiological function, Full phenotypic characterisation

    Partial

    Q5b. Physiological function, Nature of phenotype

    Eating, muscle strength, motor coordination

    Q5b. Other function (please specify), no of models

    Please specify other function

    Q5b. Other function (please specify), Available to external users

    Q5b. Other function (please specify), Full phenotypic characterisation

    Q5b. Other function (please specify), Nature of phenotype

    Q6. Please indicate if your resource is already linked into European or international consortia or networks?

    Q7a. Is maintenance of this resource dependent on continued funding?

    Yes

    Q7b. If yes, when does the current funding period end?

    2017

    Q7c. What is the expected lifespan of the resource (in years)?

    20

    Q7d. Are there other plans affecting future use that it may be useful to know?

    Renewal of funding highly probable

Types: Experimental Models
Member States: Canada
Diseases: N/A
Years: 2016
Database Categories: N/A
Database Tags: N/A

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