Place Preference Cage, model BX-CPP is manufactured by Bioseb BIOSEB 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 addition. The procedure may also be modified to determine whether genetically modified animals are more or less sensitive to the reinforcing effects of a drug.
Specification
Dimensions - Animal Container: Mice: 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 Rats: 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) mm Materials: Perspex Power Supply: 110/220 V, 50/60 Hz Technology: Weight transducers; One cable connects all units to the PC.
Features
Detects putative reinforcing properties of drugs Involves associative learning Different versions available for rats and mice Supplied with or without automatic position detection system Allows a multiple combination between the visual and tactile cues defining each compartment Weight transducer technology allows optimizing animal detection in low-contrast conditions Needs PC for automated storage and analysis of the data Up to 8 stations can be connected at once to PC through a single cable