Description
Specifications
Mouse Automated Skilled Forelimb | |
Height: 20 cm | |
Length: 23 cm | |
Width: 10 cm | |
0.5 cm gap |
Rat Automated Skilled Forelimb | |
Height: 30cm | |
Length: 35cm | |
Width: 15cm | |
1cm gap |
Features
Advantages
- Increased subject throughput with a reduction of one-on-one time
- Continuous recording of pre-trial and trial activity
- Real-time analysis for current subject performance
- Unsupervised learning is recorded by adaptive software
- Greater statistical power to measure subtle significant results with hundreds of trials recorded
- Offline analysis for secondary measures such as fatigue
Main Features
- Studies and animal models which can be assessed using the Automated Skilled Forelimb Reach Task include:
- Stroke
- Traumatic brain injury
- Parkinson’s disease
- Spinal cord injury
- Peripheral nerve injury
- Motor learning
Components
- Acrylic Chamber
- Automated Pellet dispenser
- Sensor stripe
- Control box
- Software
Acrylic Chamber
- Wall: clear acrylic 1⁄4 inch thick
- Floor: light grey acrylic (client can choose a different color); A removable floor insert to allow easy
waste cleaning - Default dimension: 23 x 10 x 20 (length x width x height); 0.7 cm gap
- Slit: 0.7 cm (mouse) gap slit for the mouse to reach for the food pellet in the middle of the experimental box
- Lid: removable clear acrylic
- The chamber sits on the top of the automated pellet dispenser
Control Box
- Front panel: Power, status indicators.
- Back panel:
- Connectors to support up to 8 pellet dispensers. The device has 4 connectors for four units
- USB connector to connect to computer
- Power cord: the label indicates the standard voltage of the country
Pellet Dispensor
- A linear motor is mounted upside down to push a pellet to a pellet tray. The end of the actuator has a steel rod connected to the pellet delivery arm. The pellet delivery rod is cupped at the top to accommodate a single pellet.
- A fiber optic sensor is mounted inside the rod to detect the successful filling of a pellet.
- The system is an advanced version of the system described here.
- The default pellet is 20 mg from bio-serv.com
Forelimb Sensor
- The sensor is single sided sensor stripe on the surface marked in Red
- The sensor is secured on the acrylic chamber, adjustable along the slot
Software
- The software provides the front end for users to configure and run experiments. Historical data
are saved. - Support Noldus EthoVision and ANY-maze video tracking integration. No TTL is required.