- USES : locomotor
activity , reactivity to novelty , usual mechanism , exploratory behaviour
, anxigenic effects, sedative effects...
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- I°) Apparatus :
- for RAT is composed of:
- * a 65 cm square metallic base,
- * 2 PVC cylinder (detachable to facilitate the cleaning)
which form a circular corridor,
- * a sliding drawer for sawdust,
- * infrared captors ,
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- for MICE :
- * RACK of EIGHT CIRCULAR CORRIDORS:
- * Rack dimensions : height ; width ; depth : 1m40 ; 0,62m
; 0,4m.
- These apparatus are connected to an electronic
interface, which permits the communication with the computer.
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- II°)Software:
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- The software for windows permits to manage
16 circular corridors. Each cage can be managed independently.
- * animal graphical follow-up (see below),
- * data storage by time units that you can parameter (1 sec
< time unit < many hours),
- * record duration : from 1 minute to many days,
- * data : passage of the animal in area n°1, n°2,
n°3, n°4 (4 green counters around the graphic representation)and
covered distance.
- 1 circular corridor representation
on the screen
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- * Moreover, the system
is sold with a program which permits to manage recorded experiments.
It permits notably to combine your files so as to compare results
and to gain disk space. The output variables' presentations and
their kinetics can be visualised either with whatever software which accepts
the text format (Notepad, Wordpad, Word...) or with EXCEL.
