USES : conditioning, acquisition , retention , conditioned fear ...

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I°) Apparatus :

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* Box with an electric floor, a stimulus light, tone,

* A soundproof and ventilated enclosure,

* A sound generator (frequency and volume programmable),

* A slight movement sensor for freezing detection,

 

This rack is connected to an electronic interface, which permits the communication with the computer.

 

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II°)Software: 

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A cage representation on screen

 

The software for Windows permits to:

 

* edit exercises and create a library,

* exercise management: timers, schlock, stimulus light,

* have a graphical follow-up,

* display the freezing time, the activity time, the shocks' number ..

* record the animal behavior,

* replay the record.

 

Another module of the software permits to manage some outputs variables like:

Freezing time;

Immobilisation' number;

Activity;

kinetics...

 

Results are showed in a array which can be imported into EXCEL.