USES : to identify anxiolytic and anxiogenic drugs...

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I°) Apparatus :

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* RACK of 6 box

* Each box is composed of 2 partitions ( 1 dark, 1 lighted) linked by a corridor ,

* The 2 partitions and the corridor are equipped by infrared sensors;

* A light is standing above.

 

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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The software for windows permits to manage until 16 box. Each box can be managed independently.

 

* Animal graphic follow up,

* Data storage for each partition : activity, rearings, passed time, entries ..

* Record replay,

 

* 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.