Activity Wheel
The Activity Wheel is a useful tool for locomotor studies, easily attaching to the SuperFlex open field’s acrylic cage. It enables more detailed exercise research and enhances the animal’s environment. A dual wheel cage option is also available for high throughput experiments.
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Overview
A running wheel is a powerful addition to any locomotor open field study. Our Activity Wheel attaches easily to the acrylic cage of the SuperFlex open field, allowing for more intricate exercise studies while providing additional enrichment of the subject animal’s environment.
A dual wheel cage is also available for high throughput experimental set ups.
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* SuperFlex Open Field *
The SuperFlex is a powerful and versatile open field system for tracking animal movement and behavior. It uses a 16x16 infrared grid to monitor animals in standard or custom-sized cages, with recorded data analyzed through Omnitech's Fusion software. This software allows for flexible experiment design, multi-animal tracking, and long-term studies, while generating visual outputs like heat maps and path plots. The system is easy to set up with plug-and-play USB connectivity and can handle up to 32 systems on a single PC, making it ideal for high-throughput research. SuperFlex offers customizable sensor configurations and integrates smoothly with other lab equipment, providing a flexible, scalable solution for behavioral research.
AccuPacer Mouse Treadmill
The Omnitech AccuPacer Treadmill is designed for studying exercise-related paradigms such as muscle atrophy, stress, running, and fatigue in animals. It features a belt driven by a DC servomotor for precise speed control, adjustable from 0 to 100 meters per minute, with an optional motorized grade adjuster for incline. Each animal runs in its own separated lane, with individual shock grids for training, and the treadmill uses both negative and positive stimuli to reduce training time. Additional features include independent lanes, waste collection trays, and air-tight runways for optional integration with a metabolic system.
AccuPacer Rat Treadmill
The Omnitech AccuPacer Treadmill is designed for studying exercise-related paradigms such as muscle atrophy, stress, running, and fatigue in animals. It features a belt driven by a DC servomotor for precise speed control, adjustable from 0 to 100 meters per minute, with an optional motorized grade adjuster for incline. Each animal runs in its own separated lane, with individual shock grids for training, and the treadmill uses both negative and positive stimuli to reduce training time. Additional features include independent lanes, waste collection trays, and air-tight runways for optional integration with a metabolic system.
AccuRotor EzRod
The AccuRotor EzRod is a rotarod system designed for testing balance and coordination in mice and rats. It works with Fusion software to set up trials at constant speeds or with variable acceleration. The system automatically stops when a fall is detected by infrared sensors. The Fusion software can manage up to 16 EzRods per computer, allowing researchers to quickly start new tests after a subject falls, making it ideal for high-throughput experiments.
Baited Hole Board
This system features an elevated platform with 16 equally spaced holes, each large enough for an animal to investigate without passing through. Beneath each hole is a food or reward cup, some of which are covered by removable screens, allowing the animal to see and smell the reward without retrieving it. Light beam sensors monitor which holes the animal investigates, tracking the time, duration, and location. Over time, animals typically make fewer mistakes and reach the target holes faster, allowing researchers to measure learning and behavior.
Conditioned Place Preference
The Conditioned Place Preference (CPP) and Conditioned Place Aversion (CPA) systems are used to study animals' preference or aversion to stimuli, such as drugs, through Pavlovian conditioning. The protocol consists of three phases: habituation, conditioning (associating the drug with a cue), and testing where the animal chooses between the drug-associated and neutral cues. If the drug induces preference, the animal spends more time near the drug cue, or less time if it induces aversion. Sensors track variables like locomotor activity, time spent, entries into compartments, and movement, providing detailed data on the animal's response to the conditioning.
Dark Enclosure
The light/dark box test assesses anxiety in rodents by measuring their preference for dark versus brightly lit areas with more time in the dark suggesting higher anxiety. The Fusion system automates this by dividing the cage into light and dark zones, tracking behaviors like movement, time spent, and activity levels to provide detailed anxiety-related data.
Stimulus Hub
The Stimulus Hub is a system designed to test animal responses to anxiety-inducing stimuli (light, sound, and shock) while tracking movement through integration with the Fusion system. It can run tests on up to 16 animals at once, with programmable intensity, duration, and sequence for each stimulus. The system measures latency in response to stimuli, including movement and rearing. Each experiment consists of multiple "repetitions" of light, sound, and shock events, with customizable parameters for timing, intensity, and order. The software analyzes the response times and movement during the tests.