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Passive avoidance test

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  • two compartments: one lit (aversive), the other dark,
  • automatic door between two compartments,
  • a grid in the dark compartment electrifiable (scrambler),
  • a tracking system and measuring the vertical activity (rearing).

The apparatus is connected to an interface that provides the formatting of signals from sensors and allows communication with the computer.

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A software for windows allows:

  • monitoring graphs,
  • the location and measuring of activity,
  • management opening and closing the door and "scrambler" control,
  • management tests,
  • registration data,
  • replaying the recording.

A software module for managing data files allows: merging the files; presenting the output variables and their kinetics per configurable unit time in a file importable on "EXCEL".

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