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7530 - Automatic Reflex Conditioner (Active Avoidance)
The 7530 Automatic Reflex Conditioner (Active Avoidance Shuttle Box) enables to perform the full range of Classic Pavlovian Conditioning experiments. The compact control unit incorporates scrambler shocker, internal memory, embedded printer and software connection. The sturdy perspex boxes use tilting floor as movement detection method and are available for mice or rats.
The 7530 Automatic Reflex Conditioner (Active Avoidance Shuttle Box) enables to perform the full range of Classic Pavlovian Conditioning experiments. The compact control unit incorporates scrambler shocker, internal memory, embedded printer and software connection. The sturdy perspex boxes use tilting floor as movement detection method and are available for mice or rats.
The 7530 consists of a control unit (7531) and a Box divided into two sections by a partition with an intercommunicating door at floor level.
Many different protocols can be run with the 7530 Automatic Reflex Conditioner:
- The classic Shuttle Box Test with shock delivered with or without the presence of the Conditioning Stimulus.
- The Timing Experiment, in which the animal always gets the shock until it crosses, one or more time, as pre-set. This is a useful schedule, which allows the operator to condition the animal in a short time, before passing to the classic Shuttle-Box Test.
- The Crossing Test, which is in practice a Shuttle-Box experiment, the difference being that the animal has to cross more than once (as pre-set) to stop the trial.
- The Conflict Test in which the animal always gets the shock for the pre-set duration, even if it crosses several times.
Features and Benefits
Specifications
Accessories
Bibliography
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BENEFIT |
| Two type of cages are available |
Cages dimensions and grid bars are optimized for rats or mice |
| Controller with built-in printer, memory, PC connection |
GLP, stand-alone or PC-connected, depending on lab needs |
| Tilt-floor animal detection mechanism |
Sturdy, reliable, life-time lasting |
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Two types of cages are available:
| 7532 designed for Rats: |
d52x30x35 (h) cm, inside dimensions 40x20x22 (h) cm |
| 7533 designed for Mice: |
d47x18x26 (h) cm, inside dimensions 39x9.5x16.5 (h) cm |
Both cages are provided with acoustic and visual stimulators, which supply conditioning stimuli. The reinforcement consists of an electrical stimulus applied to the floor bars of the cage by an incorporated 8-pole “scrambling” circuit.
| 7534: |
8-Pole Switching Box for 2-cage operation |
| 52010: |
Win-DAS Software Package (version for Window) |
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- G. Bignami et alia: “Bidirectional Avoidance by Mice as Function of CS, US, and Apparatus Variables“ Animal Learning and Behav.: accepted for publication Oct. 1985
