Behavioral testing is the gold standard for determining outcomes following brain injury, and can identify the presence of developmental disabilities in infants and children. Neurodevelopmental reflexes are an early indicator of these abnormalities. A host of easily accomplished developmental reflex tests in the neonatal rodent were developed and described here.
Nguyen, A. T., Armstrong, E. A., Yager, J. Y. Neurodevelopmental Reflex Testing in Neonatal Rat Pups. J. Vis. Exp. (122), e55261, doi:10.3791/55261 (2017).