PLACE PREFERENCE BOX – Black & White

for conditioned place preference and aversion in rodents

Description
Key features
Specs
How to order

Description

Panlab Place Preference Box is a standard experimental chamber for automated assessment of conditioned place preference and aversion in rodents, two tests widely used for screening the reinforcing properties of drugs (or natural stimuli) as well as for investigating the brain neurobiological systems implicated in reward and addiction.

The experimental box consists of two Perspex compartments of the same size interconnected by a central grey corridor. The compartments can be differentiated by both visual and tactile cues: the colour of the walls in each compartment (white or black) and the texture of the floors (smooth or rough). The box is provided with transparent frontal walls which may be covered with extractable opaque covers (included). Manually operated sliding doors are provided to manage the access to the two compartments from the corridor. 

The experimental box can be supplied with or without automatic animal position detection system. The automated animal position detection can be carried out by a weight transducer system which is associated to the PC-based control software PPCWIN or by the SMART video-tracking system.

Panlab also proposes another place preference box - spatial place preference box (see related products) - with optimised design for compartment differentiation without the possible bias introduced by the black and white colour of the compartment of the present box. 

 

Specs

Experimental Box Dimensions - RAT

Compartments: 300 (W) x 300 (D) x 340 (H) mm; Corridor: 80 (W) x 100 (D) x 340 (H) mm; Doors: 100 (W) x 140 (H)

Experimental Box Dimensions - MOUSE

Compartments: 100 (W) x 130 (D) x 130 (H) mm; Corridor: 72 (W) x 72 (D) x 130 (H) mm; Doors: 60 (W) x 60 (H) mm

Position detection technique

Weight transducers

Material Composition

Perspex

Connection of several units to PC

Neither PC interface nor PC card are required. One cable connects all units to the PC.

Certifications

CE Compliant

Power Requirement

110/220 V, 50/60 Hz

How to order

STANDARD PLACE PREFERENCE

LE890

76-0216

Standard Place Preference System for Rats

LE891

76-0217

Standard Place Preference System for Mice

 

AUTOMATED PLACE PREFERENCE 

LE892

76-0218

Automated Place Preference System for Rats Using Weight Transducers

LE893

76-0219

Automated Place Preference System for Mice Using Weight Transducers

PPCWIN V2.0

76-0011

PPCWIN Software Associated to Automated Boxes (up to 8 units)

How to order

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

 

Key features

  • Compartments with different colour (white or black) separated with a central grey corridor
  • Allows a multiple combination between the visual and tactile cues defining each compartment
  • Weight transducer technology allows optimizing animal detection in low-contrast conditions
  • Need PC for automated storage and analysis of the data
  • Up to 8 stations can be connected at once to PC through a single cable

 

 
 
 
 
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