We all have them, and instead of getting all uptight and guilty about it, sometimes it is a good idea to accept that they are going to occur and plan suitably braindead activities to fill them.

Here are two things that I might do in these situations:
(1) Look through the Network Protocols and add any nice ones to an excel file imaginatively called “Network good ones” in a folder called “Fun Stuff”. If I am in the mood, I might even add the link to an appropriate Wikipedia entry.
(2) Browse through our content – either on-line or the print version to see what interesting things the other people in our team have accepted.

Today, I found a protocol with two videos that I would like to share with you. They show a mouse doing some behaviours… the background music enhances the whole experience, so if you have sound, add it.

Rich spectrum of exploratory and motor behaviors that can be registered in the rodent Suok test

Effects of psychotropic drug lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) on mouse Suok test behavior

This is the link to the abstract of the protocol by Kalueff et al:

The regular and light–dark Suok tests of anxiety and sensorimotor integration: utility for behavioral characterization in laboratory rodents