USES : Locomotor activity ...
 
RAT
 
I°) Apparatus :
* A metalic built which forms a rack of 8 box .
 
This rack is connected to an electronic interface, which permits the communication with the computer.
 
II°)Software: 
 
A cage representation on screen
 
The software for windows permits to manage 2 rack of 8 running wheels. Each apparatus is independent.
 
* Graphic follow-up,
* Record of turns and 1/8 of a turn in a direction and in the other (counters T+ and T-),
* Record duration: from 1 minute to many hours,
 
* 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.
FOR MICE
 
RACK OF 8 CAGES