Rat operant conditioning system 49603

for micefor animal researchfear conditioning

The Operant Fear Conditioning Cage couples a classic skinner box with sound and light cues for complex experiments, as well as standard operant tests and fear conditioning protocols. Dual purpose systems to be used for Operant or Fear Conditioning experiments A standard Fear Conditioning cage has been modified adding an operant wall with 1 pellet dispenser, 2 nose pokes, a house light and 2 cue lights above the nose pokes. The operant wall can be hidden by a removable plastic wall to use the cage as a standard Fear Conditioning. Protocols, results and analyses are managed by Any-maze, through which virtually all Operant tests can be programmed: Fixed Ratio Variable Ratio Progressive Ratio Fixed Interval Variable Interval Extinction Delayed Reinforcement and Discounting Matching law Reversal learning Timeout Also for Fear Conditioning the most common procedures and many more can be run via Any-maze: Cued and Contextual Trace Extinction Observational Feature and benefits The same cage includes both reward and shock floor - Both Operant and Fear Conditioning experiments can be run in the same system The isolation cubicle includes all electronics, shock and lights - One isolation cubicle can be used for multiple types of experiments without any additional module Multiple cages can be connected to 1 PC via USB - High throughput experiments can be run Procedures are created by a fully graphical interface - No need for coding. Fast learning curve even for non IT-personnel