OPERANT/BEHAVIOR MODULAR SYSTEM

For operant conditioning and Behavior

Description
Key features
Specs
How to order
Publications

Description

For  standard operant conditioning and behavioral procedures en small laboratory animals.

The Panlab Operant Chamber is an entirely modular experimental enclosure designed to conduct operant conditioning procedures (e.g. food reinforcement, DMTS, conflict tests, self-administration…). 

The operant chamber is made in an entirely modular structure which allows complete disassembling or rearrangement to build a new space of different dimensions/components or to enable storage in the minimum space.

A frontal door offers a total accessibility inside the chamber. Walls and cover can be of different material or colour, since they are totally removable. 

Each chamber is associated with a Link Box which provides power to up to 8 (expandable depending of the customer configuration) Operant Modules (levers, lights, sound, dispensers, electrical shock...) conferring to the chambers a full autonomy. 

Only one cable connects the Link Box to the PC (PackWin Software), this last for advanced protocol configuration and running.

 

Specs

Base dimensions 440 (W) x 360 (D) x 35 (H) mm
Working area (mouse) 200 (W) x 200 (D) x 250 (H) mm
Working area (rat) 250 (W) x 250 (D) x 250 (H) mm
Material Composition Stainless steel, aluminium and methacrylate
Power Supply 110V/220V, 50/60Hz
Maximum number of stations (when working with PC) 8 stations connected to a PC
Connection of several units to PC No need of PC interfaces!. Direct connection through one cable!
Certifications CE Compliant

Publications

  • Viudez-Martínez A et al. (2018) Effects of cannabidiol plus naltrexone on motivation and ethanol consumption. Br J Pharmacol. 2018 Jun 2. doi: 10.1111/bph.14380. [Epub ahead of print] (alcohol dependence, mouse, Spain)
  • Dassanayake AF et al. (2018) Replacement treatment during extinction training with the atypical dopamine uptake inhibitor, JHW-007, reduces relapse to methamphetamine seeking.Neurosci Lett. 2018 Apr 3;671:88-92. (self-administration, rat, Australia)
  • Alcala JA et al. (2018) Discrimination Reversal Facilitates Contextual Conditioning in Rats’ Appetitive conditioning. Psicológica (2018), 39,64-87 (discrimination, rat, Spain)
  • Viudez-Martínez A et al. (2018) Cannabidiol reduces ethanol consumption, motivation and relapse in mice. Addict Biol. 2018 Jan;23(1):154-164. (alcohol dependence, mouse, Spain)
  • Blanco-Gandía MC et al. (2017) The rewarding effects of ethanol are modulated by binge eating of a high-fat diet during adolescence. Neuropharmacology. 2017 Jul 15;121:219-230. (ethanol self-administration, mouse, Spain)
  • Artigas AA et al. (2017) Perceptual learning transfer in an appetitive Pavlovian task. Learn Behav. 2017 Jun;45(2):115-123. (appetitive Pavlovian task, rat, Spain, UK)
  • Pérez-Valenzuela C et al. (2016) Reboxetine Improves Auditory Attention and Increases Norepinephrine Levels in the Auditory Cortex of Chronically Stressed Rats. Front Neural Circuits. 2016 Dec 27;10:108. (auditory attention, rat, Chile)
  • Huston JP et al. (2016) Chronic corticosterone treatment enhances extinction-induced depression in aged rats. Horm Behav. 2016 Nov;86:21-26. (extinction of food-rewarded behavior, rat, Germany, USA)
  • García-Gutiérrez MS et al. (2016) Increased vulnerability to ethanol consumption in adolescent maternal separated mice. Addict Biol. 2016 Jul;21(4):847-58. (alcohol dependence, mouse, Spain)
  • Rodriguez-Arias M et al. (2016) Social defeat in adolescent mice increases vulnerability to alcohol consumption. Addict Biol. 2016 Jan;21(1):87-97. (alcohol dependence, mouse, Spain)
  • Cotter R et al. (2015) The trace amine-associated receptor 1 modulates methamphetamine's neurochemical and behavioral effects. Front Neurosci. 2015 Feb 13;9:39. (self-administration, rat, New-Zeland, UK, Italy, Switzerland, Rusia)
  • Hamilton J et al. (2015) Chronic unilateral stimulation of the nucleus accumbens at high or low frequencies attenuates relapse to cocaine seeking in an animal model. Brain Stimul. 2015 Jan-Feb;8(1):57-63. (self-administration, rat, New Zeland)
  • Bodetto SP et al, (2014) Differential regulation of MeCP2 and PP1 in passive or voluntary administration of cocaine or food. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2014 Dec;17(12):2031-44. (cocaine self-administration, rat, France)
  • Ferragud A et al, (2014) Modulation of methamphetamine's locomotor stimulation and self-administration by JHW 007, an atypical dopamine reuptake blocker. Eur J Pharmacol. 2014 May 15;731:73-9. (self-administration, rat, New Zeland)
  • Fuentes S et al. (2014) Sex-dependent effects of an early life treatment in rats that increases maternal care: vulnerability or resilience? Front Behav Neurosci. 2014 Feb 25;8:56. (delay discounting, rat, Spain)
  • Rodriguez‐Arias M et al. (2014) Social defeat in adolescent mice increases vulnerability to alcohol consumption. Addict Biol. 2014 Sep 14. doi: 10.1111/adb.12184. [Epub ahead of print] (ethanol self-administration, mouse, Spain)
  • Wagner KV et al. (2014) Hippocampal Homer1 levels influence motivational behavior in an operant conditioning task. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 21;9(1):e85975. (operant reward learning, mouse, Germany)
  • Alén F et al. (2013) Increased alcohol consumption in rats after subchronic antidepressant treatment. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2013 Sep;16(8):1809-18. (ethanol self-administration, rat, Spain)
  • Houchi et al. (2013) The adenosine A2A receptor agonist CGS 21680 decreases ethanol self-administration in both non-dependent and dependent animals. Addiction Biology, Volume 18, Issue 5, pages 812–825. (ethanol operant self-administration, mouse, France)
  • Jeanblanc J et al. (2013) Brain-derived neurotrophic factor mediates the suppression of alcohol self-administration by memantine. Addiction Biology, In press (ethanol self-administration, rat, France)
  • Navarrete F et al. (2013) Effects of naltrexone plus topiramate on ethanol selfadministration and tyrosine hydroxylase gene expression changes. Addiction Biology IN press (ethanol self-administration, mouse, Spain)
  • Pérez MA et al. (2013) Repeated restraint stress impairs auditory attention and GABAergic synaptic efficacy in the rat auditory cortex. Neuroscience, Volume 246, 29 August 2013, Pages 94–107. (rat, operant two-alternative choice task, 2-ACT, Chile)
  • Rodriguez-Arias M et al. (2013) CB1 cannabinoid receptor-mediated aggressive behavior. Neuropharmacology, Volume 75, December 2013, Pages 172–180. (delayed reinforcement task, mouse, Spain)
  • Abdel-Maksoud MS et al. (2012) NMDA/glutamate mechanism of anxiolytic-like action of zinc in Vogel conflict test in mice. IOSR Journal of Pharmacy, Volume 2 Issue 5, PP.04-12 (Vogel test, mouse, Egypt)
  • Hoffmann HM et al. (2012) Chronic cocaine self-administration modulates ERK1/2 and CREB responses to dopamine receptor agonists in striatal slices. Addiction Biology. 17(3):565-575  (Self-administration, rat, Spain).
  • Navarrete F et al. (2012) Pregabalin- and topiramate-mediated regulation of cognitive and motor impulsivity in DBA/2 mice. BJP, 167(1):183-195. (delayed reinforcement task, rat, Spain)
  • Navarrete F et al. (2012) Cannabinoid CB2 receptor-mediated regulation of impulsive-like behaviour in DBA/2 mice. BJP, 165(1):260-273. (delayed reinforcement task, rat, Spain)
  • Velazquez-Sanchez C et al. (2012) Substituting a long-acting dopamine uptake inhibitor for cocaine prevents relapse to cocaine seeking. Addiction Biology. Volume 18, Issue 4, pages 633–643, July 2013(cocaine self-administration, rat, Spain)
  • Abo-Elmatty DM et al. (2011) Topiramate induces weight loss and improves insulin sensitivity in dietary obese rats: comparison to sibutramine. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2011 Oct;15(10):1187-95. (Vogel test, rat, Egypt)
  • CuadradoTejedo M et al. (2011) Sildenafil restores cognitive function without affecting β-amyloid burden in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. British Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 164, Issue 8, pages 2029–2041 (mouse, Fear Conditioning, Spain)
  • Harati et al. (2011) Attention and memory in aged rats: Impact of lifelong environmental enrichment. Neurobiology of Aging. Volume 32, Issue 4, Pages 718–736. (rat, France)
  • Harati H et al. (2011) Attention and memory in aged rats: Impact of lifelong environmental enrichment. Neurobiology of Aging, Volume 32, Issue 4, Pages 718–736 (rat, France)
  • O’Brien ES et al. (2011) Fluoxetine, desipramine, and the dual antidepressant milnacipran reduce alcohol self-administration and/or relapse in dependent rats. Nature, 36:1518-1530. (Ethanol operant self-administration, rat, France).
  • Velasquez-Sanchez C et al. (2011) Therapeutic-like properties of a dopamine uptake inhibitor in animal models of amphetamine addiction. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2011 Jun;14(5):655-65. (self-administration, mouse, Spain)

 

How to order

COMPACT CHAMBERS

 

LE1002CP

760146

Compact Operant Chamber for Mice includes Pellets Dispenser,

Lever, Light Stimuli, Shock Grid and LINKBOX01HS

LE1002CL

760147

Compact Operant Chamber for Mice includes Drop Liquid

Dispenser, Lever, Light Stimuli, Shock Grid and LINKBOX01HS

LE1005CP

760148

Compact Operant Chamber for Rats Rat Operant Chamber

includes Pellets Dispenser, Lever, Light Stimuli, Shock Grid and LINKBOX01HS

LE1005CL

760149

Compact Operant Chamber for Rats Rat Operant Chamber

includes Drop Liquid Dispenser, Lever, Light Stimuli, Shock Grid and LINKBOX01HS

 

MODULAR CHAMBER

LE1002

760151

Modular Operant Chamber - Mice

LE1005

760152

Modular Operant Chamber  - Rat

 

GRIDFLOOR

LE100201

760153

Mice Shockable Grid - Mice

LE100501

760154

Rats Shockable Grid - Rat

LE100201S

760706

Standard gridfloor - Mice

LE100501S

760652

Standard grid floor  - Rat

LE100501M

760240

Shockable grid for mice in LE1005 box

 

STIMULI, CUES, DISPENSER (etc) MODULES

Modules

 

Contact your Area Distributor to get information about the available modules for your Panlab Modular Operant Chamber

 

ISOLATION BOXES

LE26

760157

Isolation box with fan and light

LE26A

761092

Sound attenuating Isolation box with fan, light and liner

LE26M

760566

Basic isolation Box with fan and light

 

PACKWIN SOFTWARE OPTIONS (for up to 8 chambers; expandable to more)

PACKWIN V2.0

760002

PackWin software platform for operant behaviour (needs Experimental modules) to the Operant

Chambers (includes a RS232/USB converter)

PACKWINCS

760592

Customizable experimental Module(fully customizable protocols and data reports)

PACKWINHO

760593

'5/9 Holes' experimental module for Packwin (standard assistants and data reports for 5-CSRT task procedures)

PACKWINVT

760594

'Vogel test' experimental module for Packwin(standard assistants and data reports for Pre-test y Test protocols)

LINKBOX01HS

761079

Interface unit for 1 operant chamber

LINKBOXY

760661

Input/output Y-connector for LINKBOX01

LINKBOXOO

760660

2-outputs Y-connector for LINKBOX01

PACKWINAMPL

 

Configuration file updates

PACKWINCONFIG

760662

Service for protocol configuration

 

How to order

Please contact our local delegates or contact us directly for receiving a quote.

Key features

  • Entirely modular system
  • Reduced number of cables
  • Possibility of customization
  • Up to 8 stations (or more!) can be connected at once to PC through a single cable

 

 
 
 
 
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