Behavioral & Activity Equipment
Equipment Guidelines
- Any research equipment stored in DLAR is considered shared equipment, however, prior to use, authorization is required by the equipment owner and DLAR.
- Treat all DLAR and research equipment with respect and care. User's lab is responsible for any damage to the equipment and its repair/replacement cost.
- Some equipment may require hands-on training prior to use. See equipment list for more details.
The equipment in this category requires hands-on training by the owner.
Coulbourn Habitest Apparatus
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Description: Designed for tone associated foot shock stimuli. Comes with FreezeFrame software for automated animal movement analysis.听
Designed for use with mice only.
Owner:听Dr. Ipe Ninan
Nine-Hole Choice Box
Description: Used with behavioral test 5 Choice Serial Reaction Time Task (5-CSRTT). This measures the attention, impulsivity, and perseveration of the mouse.
Designed for use with mice only.
Owner: Dr. F. Scott Hall
Startle Response System
Description: The startle response system is the world鈥檚 most widely used startle reflex behavioral research system and the most successful measuring of startle habitation, pre-pulse inhibition, and Fear Potentiated Startle (FPS). Widely used to measure pre-attention deficit as sign of several psychological disorders like ADHD, schizophrenia, and depression.
Designed for use with mice only.
Owner: Dr. F. Scott Hall
Activity Meter
Description: Multi-channel activity monitor that supports a variety of sensor lengths and configurations. Up to 32 channels are supported providing both ambulatory and total counts for each channel.
Owner: Dr. F. Scott Hall
Cliff Avoidance
Description: Measures risk assessment
Owner: Dr. F. Scott Hall
Rota Rod Rotamex
Description:听Classic rotating rod enhanced with features that assist monitoring and recording animal performance. Up to four animals may be simultaneously tested for their ability to maintain themselves upright on a rotating rod. Speed and acceleration rate are programmable. An animal fall is detected by infrared photocells which cross the space just above the spindle. Once all the photocells lose sight of the animal, the time is recorded.
Owner: Dr. Zahoor Shah
T-Maze
Description:听An enclosed apparatus in the form a t-shape. Used to assess the cognitive ability of mice.
Owner: Dr. Zahoor Shah
Radial Arm Maze
Description:听An 8-arm maze used to investigate both short-term memory and long-term reference memory errors in mice.
Designed for use with mice only.
Owner: Dr. Zahoor Shah
Elevated Plus Maze
Description:听This maze measures the attention, impulsivity, and perseveration of animal.
Owner: Dr. F. Scott Hall or Dr. David Kennedy
Light-Dark Box (LDB)
Description:听The LDB apparatus has two compartments; a light compartment that is brightly lit and open and a dark compartment that is covered and dark. A door connects the two. The LDB is used to investigate unconditioned anxiety responses in rodents.
Owner: Dr. F. Scott Hall
Morris Water Maze
Description:听A round warm water filled pool with a hidden platform used to assess special learning memory in mice.
Owner: Dr. Zahoor Shah
Forced Swim Test (FST)
Description:听The behavioral despair test or forced swimming test (FST), is used for evaluation of antidepressant drugs, antidepressant efficacy of new compounds, and experimental manipulations that are aimed at rendering or preventing depressive-like states.
Owner: Dr. F. Scott Hall
Treadmill Simplex
Description:听A general purpose 4-lane animal exerciser utilizing single belt construction with dividing walls suspended over the tread surface. An electrical stimulus system option is composed shock grids, each with individual on/off switches. Stimulus intensity is adjustable and LED lamps indicate which stimulus grid is active. Smooth and continuous adjustment of speed in the range 3-100 m/m. The exercising belt is made with special material that facilitates the animals' grip and is easy to clean.
Owner: Lauren Koch
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