Operant chambers for teaching

Presentation

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


Operating principle

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. It can be easily transformed from rat chamber to mice chamber (or vice versa) with a reduced cost.

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 LE85XCT Programmer or PC (PackWin Software), this last for advanced protocol configuration and running.


Options

Our teachning pack is sufficient for teaching but you can also add some accessories. You can refer to SKINNER BOXES.



Complete system with programmer


Parameters Measured

• Number of responses (LE 85XCT)
• Number of reinforcements (LE 85XCT)
• And many user-defined parameters (see PackWin software)


Key features

• Entirely modular system
• Easily transformed from rat to mice chamber
• Reduced number of cables
• Possibility of customization
• Up to 8 stations can be connected at once to PC through a single cable

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