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Assesses motor coordination using natural fear of falling response as motivation. Especially for drug screening or motor impairment studies, Parkinson’s, ALS and other diseases.
Simple touchscreen for experiment control and data display. Customizable, uploadable protocols (speeds, acceleration, multi-step ramps) for efficiency and repeatability. Records up to 5 rats simultaneously. Removable, stainless-steel easy-clean boxes for confining falling rats.
Feature |
Benefit |
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Speed adjustable in the range 3-80 RPM, in steps of 1 RPM |
Useful in a variety of tests |
Constant speed, ramp (accelerating), multi-step ramp |
Extreme versatility |
New trip boxes |
To enclose the animals, stainless-steel to ease sterilization |
Embedded USB memory stick |
Does not required connection to PC (software included) to store and transfer data |
Brand new Software |
user friendly, included as standard, enables setting up the experiment and managing the results from PC or 4"3 touch-screen |
General | |
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Commands |
4,3 inches touch-screen (Resistive) |
Read-out |
Touch-screen and PC |
Power Requirement |
Universal input 100-240 VAC, 50-60Hz, 40W max. |
Sound Level |
<60 dB(A) |
Operating Temperature |
10° to 40° C |
Trip Box | Stainless-steel to ease sterilization |
Lanes | 4 Rats lanes |
Operation | |
Speed |
Adjustable in the range 3-80 RPM, in steps of 1 RPM |
Mode |
Forward rotation, Reverse rotation, Ramp (Increasing RPM), Alternated Rotation, Personalised |
Start/Stop |
From the touch-screen |
Detection |
Magnetic sensor |
Results |
Time Elapsed, Revolutions, Distance, Speed, Mode for each lane |
Data Acquisition |
Via dedicated X-PAD software or .cvs file for PC. |
Data Portability |
By USB flash drive |
TTL Output |
Plate Status, Rotating Direction, Speed |
Data Out |
exported to .cvs |
Data In |
exported to .cvs, protocol, ramp |
Physical | |
Total Weight | 15Kg |
Shipping Weight | 21Kg |
Dimensions | 55(w)x46(d)x57(h)cm |
Packing Dimensions | 76x60x75cm |
Warranty | |
Warranty | Rat Rodarod is covered by a 12-month warranty + 12 after product registration |
UB-Care | Additional UB-Care can be added for other 12 or 24 months |
The “Rota-Rod” technique has been originated by a 1957 paper of N.W. Dunham and T.S. Miya (see paragraph 9.1-Method Papers) and has proved to be of great value in research involving screening of drugs which are potentially active on motor co-ordination.
Ugo Basile designed the first industrial RotaRod in the 1960s. The name we coined soon became so popular, now everybody knows this instrument as RotaRod!
The Rota-Rod is the reference test to screen drugs potentially active, or having side effects, on motor coordination.
When a rat falls off its cylinder section onto the trip-box below, the plate boxes and the corresponding magnetic switch is activated, thereby recording the animal endurance time in seconds.
The display shows the actual angular speed (RPM). At the end of a run, the display shows for each animal the running time, the rotation mode and the rotation speed at the time the animal fell off, combined with information preset by the user.
47750 Rat RotaRod | |
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47750-320 |
Stainless-Steel Trip-Box (4 are provided with standard package) |
E-AU 101 |
USB pen drive, including instruction Manual andX-PAD Software Package |
Options | |
47850 |
Combination Package 47650 Mouse RotaRod and 47750 Rat RotaRod |
N.W. Dunham & T.S. Miya: “A Note on a Simple Apparatus for Detecting Neurological Deficit in Rats & Mice“ J. Am. Pharmaceut. Assoc., Scientific Edit., XLVI: No. 3, 1957
B.J. Jones & D.J. Roberts: “The Quantitative Measurement of Motor Incoordination in Naive Mice Using an Accelerating Rotarod“ J. Pharm. Pharmac.: 20: 302-304, 1968
Additional Warranty can be added to this product for other 12 or 24 months.
Discover more about our warranty policy.