Place preference for rats or mice

Convenient, room-saving

We systematically propose CPPs in mobile racks. This allows conducting experiments on several animals in the same time on a minimal surface: rack of 3 apparatus for Rats / rack of 4 for Mice.

Variation

Our classic CPP apparatus has got 2 compartments separated by a symmetrical corridor. Two manual doors may restrain the animal in any of the 2 compartments,

Measures

The position of the animal is detected by a network of infrared beams. The location of the animal is displayed in real time by our software.

Software

Our software, running on Windows, manages up to 3 racks for Rats (18 CPP apparatus) or 4 racks for Mice (16 CPP apparatus). Each apparatus remains independent. Our software enables:

• a graphical display
• storing and dating all the behavioral data,
• recording the following inputs: locomotor activity, activity in each compartment, number of entries, series of the visits in each compartment, kinetics of the entries, …

A software module manages the data files to get a Microsoft Excel document with all the results, animal per animal.