IR-transparent mazes for video-tracking
Ugo Basile Infrared transparent mazes offer the highest contrast for the best video-tracking performance, empowering your behavioral experiments.
Animal
Mouse, Rat
Videotracking
Traditional, Infrared
Sociability Apparatus for Mice and Rats - 3-Chambered Social Test
Product Code:46503/46503-IR-D03/46553/46502/46502-IR-D03/46512/46552/46562
Category: Mazes, Tracking
The three-chamber test is the classic test to assess social behavior and social memory in rodents. This may range from autism disease to dominance tests and social novelty. During the test one animal is freely moving while the other two are confined into circular grid bar cages.
The Ugo Basile system includes a high contrast or IR-transparent floor for the best quality video-tracking and grid bar cages, which maximize the animal interaction. Both internal and external walls can be transparent or non-transparent, depending on experimental needs.
Versions for cabled animals are also available; the color of the grid enclosures is grey as standard but different colors are available on request.
Background
- Rodent social behavior is a growing-interest field, especially because in the last decades most of the experiments have been run in isolated animals, and still are, in spite of the fact that mice and rats are social creatures.
- Rodents show a wide range of social behaviors from maternal care to sexual behavior, attachment, learning, dominance and altruism.
- The three-chamber test was first used by J. Crawley in 2004 with the aim of testing sociability and preference for social novelty, and therefore social memory.
- Today this test is used for studying neuropsychiatric disorders, transgenic models, and pharmacology/toxicology applications.
Durable, customizable and optimized for video tracking
- The Ugo Basile system comes complete with:
- A grey, metal or IR-transparent removable floor which optimizes video-tracking, thanks to the bottom illumination (LUX 100, not included)
- A three-compartment chamber with removable doors
- Inner and external walls can be transparent or not
- Internal partitions can be easily removed for cleaning (or replaced with transparent ones, if preferred)
- Circular bar grid enclosures for the non-moving animals maximize animal interaction and have different heights and cone-shapes to avoid animal climbing on the enclosure top
- Special cages for cabled animals are available
- Different colours are available and different models for rats or mice
- The system can be completed with video-tracking software, IR-sensitive camera, vari-focal lens objective and ceiling mount
- Multiple cages can be tracked simultaneously
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Feature |
Benefit |
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Grey floor |
Gives high contrast with both light and dark animals |
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Metal bottom with special coating |
Gives a slightly rough surface, pleasant for the animals to walk on, and it’s easy to clean |
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Grid enclosures |
Maximize animal interaction and are available in different sizes/colors |
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Designed for Videotracking |
Works even with the most basic video-tracking software |
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Transparent or opaque walls and partitions |
Choose the best option for your experimental needs! |
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For Mice or Rats |
3 different sizes available |
| Completely open doors available with round- shaped edges | This allows for utilization of cabled animals that can pass through the doors |
| IR-versions available | For those that prefer back-lit illuminated systems for easy set-up of ambient light and best contrast |
| Physical | |||
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Animal |
Mouse Cage |
Rat Cage |
Rat Cage XL |
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Dimensions |
62 x 40 x 25(h) cm |
120 x 40 x 40(h)cm |
120 x 80x40(h)cm |
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Cages internal diameter |
7 cm |
15 cm |
15 cm |
| Cages height | 15 cm | 25 cm | 25 cm |
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Weight |
9Kg |
13Kg |
16Kg |
| Shipping Dimensions | 67x42x53(h) cm | 140x90x80(h) cm | 140x140x80(h) cm |
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Shipping Weight |
12Kg |
26Kg |
32Kg |
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Warranty | |||
| Warranty | Sociability are covered by a 12-month warranty + 12 after product registration | ||
Background
- Rodent social behavior is a growing-interest field, especially because in the last decades most of the experiments have been run in isolated animals, and still are, in spite of the fact that mice and rats are social creatures.
- Rodents show a wide range of social behaviors from maternal care to sexual behavior, attachment, learning, dominance and altruism.
- The three-chamber test was first used by J. Crawley in 2004 with the aim of testing sociability and preference for social novelty, and therefore social memory.
- Today this test is used for studying neuropsychiatric disorders, transgenic models, and pharmacology/toxicology applications.
The initial application of the three-chamber sociability test, J. Crawley was for autism, by comparing the amount of interaction between a novel and a stranger subject.
Additional applications include sociability differences between genders, strains and any other variable, which may end up with a social preference or different social memory.
Beyond autism, the Sociability test has shown significant translational power also in schizophrenia, where socially disrupted models were performing a worse social novelty inclination.
Procedure-wise, after a period of habituation the subject sociability is determined by measuring the time spent by the freely-moving subject in the proximity of the grid enclosures containing the first unfamiliar (stranger) mouse or rat.
A second stranger is then introduced in the box within its enclosure and the preference for the new mouse/rat can be easily assessed.
| 46503 Mouse Cage for 3-chamber Sociability Test, with transparent walls, partitions and lids - What's in the box | |
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| 46503-010 | External Mouse Cage for Sociability with transparent walls and partitions including non-reflective grey floor |
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46523-003 |
Mouse Grid Cage for Sociability (“stranger” cage) (grey, I.D. 7cm, height 15cm), with cone-shaped lid (2 pieces are provided) |
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46553 Mouse Cage for 3-chamber Sociability Test, with grey opaque walls and internal partitions (lids included) - What's in the box | |
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46553-010 |
External Mouse Cage for Sociability with grey opaque walls and partitions including non-reflective grey floor |
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46523-003 |
Mouse Grid Cage for Sociability (“stranger” cage) (grey, I.D. 7cm, height 15cm), with cone-shaped lid (2 pieces are provided) |
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46503-IR-D03 Mouse Cage for 3-chamber Sociability test for thetered animals, with black IR-transparent perspex floor and visible walls, partitions and lids. IR illuminator available on request (LUX) - What's in the box | |
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46503-IR-D03-010 |
External Mouse Cage for Sociability test, with black IR-transparent perspex floor and visible walls, partitions and lids. For thetered animals |
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46523-013 |
Mouse Grid Cage for Sociability (“stranger” cage) (white, I.D. 7cm, height 15cm) with cone-shaped lid (2 pieces are provided) |
| 46502 Rat Cage for 3-chamber Sociability Test, with transparent walls, partitions and lids - What's in the box | |
| 46502-010 | External Rat Cage for Sociability with transparent walls and partitions including non-reflective grey floor |
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46502-002 |
Grid Cage for Sociability, Rat (“stranger” cage) (grey, I.D. 15cm, height 25cm), with cone-shaped lid (2 pieces are provided) |
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46552 Rat Cage for 3-chamber Sociability Test, with opaque walls and partitions and transparent lids - What's in the box | |
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46552-010 |
External Rat Cage for Sociability with opaque grey walls and partitions including non-reflective grey floor |
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46502-002 |
Grid Cage for Sociability, Rat (“stranger” cage) (grey, I.D. 15cm, height 25cm), with cone-shaped lid (2 pieces are provided) |
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46502-IR-D03 Rat Cage for 3-chamber Sociability test for thetered animals, with black IR-transparent perspex floor and transparent walls, partitions and lids. IR illuminator available on request (LUX) - What's in the box | |
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46502-IR-D03-010 |
External Rat Cage for Sociability test, with black IR-transparent perspex floor and visible walls, partitions and lids. For thetered animals |
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46502-002 |
Grid Cage for Sociability, Rat (“stranger” cage) (grey, I.D. 15cm, height 25cm), with cone-shaped lid (2 pieces are provided) |
| 46562 Rat Cage for 3-chamber Sociability Test XL, with opaque walls and partitions and transparent lids - What's in the box | |
| 46562-010 | External Rat Cage XL, with opaque walls and partitions, and transparent lids. 120x80x40(h)cm, including non-reflective grey floor |
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46502-002 |
Grid Cage for Sociability, Rat (“stranger” cage) (grey, I.D. 15cm, height 25cm), with cone-shaped lid (2 pieces are provided) |
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46512 Rat Cage for 3-chamber Sociability Test XL, with transparent walls, partitions and lids - What's in the box | |
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46512-010 |
External Rat Cage XL, with transparent walls, partitions and lids. 120x80x40(h)cm, including non-reflective grey floor |
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46502-002 |
Grid Cage for Sociability, Rat (“stranger” cage) (grey, I.D. 15cm, height 25cm), with cone-shaped lid (2 pieces are provided) |
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Grid Cages - Spare parts | |
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46523-003 |
Mouse Grid Cage for Sociability (grey, I.D. 7cm, height 15cm), with cone-shaped lid |
| 46523-013 | Mouse Grid Cage for Sociability (white, I.D. 7cm, height 15cm) with cone-shaped lid |
| 46523-005 | Mouse Grid Cage for Sociability (grey, I.D. 10.5cm, height 18.5cm) with cone-shaped li |
| 46523-015 | Mouse Grid Cage for Sociability (white, I.D. 10.5cm, height 18.5cm) with cone-shaped lid |
| 46502-002 | Grid Cage for Sociability, Rat (grey, I.D. 15cm, height 25cm), with cone-shaped lid |
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46502-012 |
Grid Cage for Sociability,for large Rats (grey, I.D. 20cm, height 25cm), with cone-shaped lid |
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Videotracking - Optional | |
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60000 |
ANY-maze, flexible video tracking system designed to automate testing in behavioural experiments. Full License, including technical support and all updates for a period of 1 year. |
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47400-040 |
B/W USB Camera, including 2.8-10mm day&night varifocal lens, 5m USB cable and ceiling support |
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