Compatible with telemetry systems.

A living cage and running wheel assembly permitting the recording of spontaneous motor activity and circadian rhythms of rodents over long time periods, even their entire lifespans. It also allows the study of inactivity in laboratory rodents.

Purpose

We have developed a device that adapts to a standard cage. Thus, an animal (rat or mouse) remains in its living area and has free access to the wheel. The equipment measures activity parameters (activity type, time, speed, sense of rotation etc.) in the long-term, even over the entire lifespan of the animal.

These sets of cages allow the measurement of activity variations and their timing over extended periods, making the system particularly useful for:

• Ageing studies,
• Pharmacology (measurements before and after treatment), anxiety and depression
• Temporal screening in all developmental models (prenatal and postnatal environments, inducible KB, defects, etc.).

Software

• Windows® 2000 and Windows® XP compatible.
• Required configuration 1GHz and 256 Mo.
• Monitors average activity of each wheel.
• Records data for all wheels over very long time periods.
• Visualize and record in real time the number of rotation, direction of rotation, speed, acceleration and distance covered.
• Activity Recording at regular interval.
• Detailed recapitulation by sequence of animal's activity in the wheel.

General caracteristics

Cage

• Plastic cages
• Designed from: Polycarbonate or transparent polysulfone
• Dimensions mouse: Size: 365x207x140 (L x W x H mm) - ground suface 530 cm²
• Dimensions rat :
  
  • 425x266x185 (L x l x H mm) - ground suface 800 cm²
  • 480x265x210 (L x l x H mm) - ground suface 940 cm²

Other cages with variable dimensions are available. Consult Us.
Cage cover

• Cover, stainless steel wire, with feeding place
• With falling wire clip,
• Wheel, Stainless steel wire,
  
  • Diameter: 230 mm (mouse), 330 mm (rat)
  • Width: 50 mm (mouse), 90 mm (rat)

General specifications

• Wheel precision: ± 30°
• Power supply: EC 15-V standard charger
• USB compliant
• Type BUS CAN network interface
• Possibility of connecting to a network of 100 wheels

Electronic box with wheel locking system with bistable electromagnet driven software (possibility of locking a wheel, a group of wheels or all wheels).