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Animal
Mouse, Rat
Active Avoidance set-up for Mice and Rats (Shuttle-Box)
Product Code:40532/40533
Category: Behaviour, Conditioning, Reward
A set up for testing active avoidance (also called automatic reflex conditioner or shuttle box), i.e. learning to predict the occurrence of an aversive event, based on the presentation of a specific stimulus. Enables performance of a wide range of avoidance experiments using a flexible schedule. Precise detection of avoiding aversive event. Manage up to 4 cages with one controller.
Background
- Active avoidance is a fear-motivated associative avoidance task. By learning to predict the occurrence of an aversive event (shock) based on the presentation of a specific stimulus (tone), the animal avoids the aversive event by moving to a different compartment.
- Serves as an index of learning and allows memory to be assessed.
- Used in a wide range of studies including behavior genetics, psychopharmacology and behavioral toxicology. More recently these tests have been used in studies of aging, Alzheimer-type dementia and drug development.
Versatile, flexible schedule, precise detection
- Enables the researcher to perform a wide range of avoidance experiments, each according to a flexible schedule (using Timeline feature).
- Precise detection of animal crossing (moving to a different compartment). A tilting floor provides a simple, reliable detection mechanism for scoring animal movement across the two compartments. A partition with an intercommunicating opening at floor level divides the cage.
- The intuitive electronic unit display controls up to 4 cages, incorporates a constant-current high precision 8-pole shocker and manages data acquisition.
- Measures recorded include:
- Number of avoidances (the mouse crossing to the other compartment during the warning signal)
- Number of non-responses (the mouse failing to cross to the other compartment during the trial)
- Response latency (latency to avoid or escape)
- Number of intertrial responses (i.e. crossing the barrier within the intertrial interval),
- Data are stored inside the unit and can be downloaded for further processing or analysis in Excel, Access, etc.
- Engineered with high contrast, non-reflective materials that are optimal for video tracking.
- Anti-slip, naturally warm, maze surface texture is selected for best rodent comfort.
- System includes a Controller, and a Cage for either rat or mouse.
- Part of the expandable Ugo Basile Beehive conditioning-cage project. Using a single touch-screen controller, you manage all cages.
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Features |
Benefits |
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Maximum Flexibility |
Configure your own Avoidance-Experiment Schedules via the timeline function |
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Tilting-floor detection |
Reliable and precise detection of animal crossing |
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Remote Control feature |
Makes remote service and software upgrades extremely simple! |
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Great Versatility |
The same controller can manage different conditioning tests. Ask for details! |
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Touch Screen Controller | |
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LCD |
12” with resistive touch screen |
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CPU Module Port |
2 USB Port 2.0; 1 Ethernet port 10/100Mb;1 DVI port for external monitor |
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Peripheral Port |
4 output for Sound, Shock and light; 1 Power supply 12V-2A |
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Expansion Bus Connection |
2 RJ11 connectors |
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General | |
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Shock |
Constant current |
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Shock Intensity |
from 0 to 3mA, in 0.1mA steps |
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Shock Duration |
in 0.1s |
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Visible Light |
0-100, in steps of 5% |
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Sound frequency |
100-18.000Hz, in steps of 100Hz |
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Operating Temperature |
10° to 40°C |
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Pollution Degree |
≤ 2 |
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Number of Cages |
Up to 4 (with expansion boxes) |
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Physical | |
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Dimensions |
57x27x30(h)cm, I.D. 48x20x22(h) (40532) 47x18x25(h)cm, I.D. 38x9x17(h)cm (40533) |
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Weight |
5.3 (40532) 3.5 (40533) |
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Shipping Weight |
Rat Set-Up 13Kg Mouse Set-Up 12Kg |
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Packing Dimensions |
80x60x44cm (Control Unit & one cage) |
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Warranty |
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| Warranty | Active Avoidance is covered by a 12-month warranty + 12 after product registration |
| UB-Care | Additional UB-Care can be added for other 12 or 24 months |
Behavioral scientists are well acquainted with avoidance methods that have been used for several decades, originally by psychologists, who were interested in animal behavior.
These procedures were later exploited by neuroscientists, who specifically perform systematic studies of the behavioral changes mainly produced by brain lesions, to define the functions of different C.N.S. sections.
Avoidance tests were soon extended to several other areas of research such as behavior genetics, psychopharmacology and behavioral toxicology. More recently, such use has become routine in animal model studies of aging and of Alzheimer-type dementia, including the search for new drugs of potential therapeutic value, consisting in attenuation of behavioral deficits.
| ACTIVE AVOIDANCE SET-UP, RAT | ||
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40500-001 |
Controller with Touch Screen and 8-pole Scrambling Shocker |
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40530-010 |
Software and activation for Active Avoidance Test |
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40532 |
Rat Cage |
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52010-323 |
USB Cable |
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E-AU 041 |
USB pen-drive, including |
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| 40530-302 |
Instruction Manual |
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| ACTIVE AVOIDANCE SET-UP, MOUSE | ||
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40500-001 |
Controller with Touch Screen and 8-pole Scrambling Shocker |
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40530-010 |
Software and activation for Active Avoidance Test |
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40533 |
Mouse Cage |
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52010-323 |
USB Cable |
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E-AU 041 |
USB pen-drive, including |
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| 40530-302 |
Instruction Manual |
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| MULTIPLE-CAGE SET-UP
The following is an example of configuration of a 4-Cage Mouse set-up: |
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40500-001 |
Controller with Touch Screen and 8-pole Scrambling Shocker |
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| 40550-010 |
Software and activation |
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40533 |
A.A. Mouse Cage |
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40500-005 |
Expansion Box (one is required for each additional cage) |
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