GaitLab - Rodents locomotions analysis based on the CatWalk Method

Mazes : Open Field, Barnes, EPM, Morris Water Maze, Y-Maze, T-Maze

enrichment cage for rodents

Sleep Deprivation system for rats or mice

All our mazes are made to be transparent to this specific light

All our mazes are made to be transparent to this specific light

Elevated Plus Maze - EPM

gait analysis catwalk method for rodents

ONEIROS is miniaturized, low power consumption electrophysiological measurement system with incredible autonomy and embedded stimulation, designed to recording sleep. Developped by the Sleep Team of the CNRS Lyon, France, (Bertrand Massot, Sebastien Arthaud, Baptiste Barrillot, Johanna Roux, Gianina Ungurean, Pierre Hervé Luppi, Niels C.Rattenborg, Paul Antoine Libourel), ViewPoint is in charge of the industrialization and the sole source supplier. "ONEIROS, a new miniature standalone device for recording sleep electrophysiology, physiology, temperatures and behavior in the lab and field" An integrated vibrating motor can be used to assess arousal thresholds and perform selective paradoxical sleep deprivation. Abstract : Background Sleep is an inactive state of reduced environmental awareness shared by all animals. When compared to wakefulness, sleep behavior is associated with changes in physiology and brain activity. The nature of these changes varies considerably across species, and therefore is a rich resource for gaining insight into the evolution and functions of sleep. A major obstacle to capitalizing on this resource is the lack of a small device capable of recording multiple biological parameters for extended periods of time both in the laboratory and the field. New method ONEIROS is a new tool designed for conducting sleep research on small, freely moving animals. The miniature, standalone system is capable of recording up to 26 electrophysiological signals (electroencephalogram, electromyogram, electrooculogram, electrocardiogram), metabolic (3 temperature channels) and behavior via an accelerometer for several days. In addition, the device is equipped with a vibrating motor which can be used to assess arousal thresholds and to disrupt sleep. The system is available in telemetric or data-logger configuration useable in the field. Results To demonstrate the efficacy of this tool, we simultaneously recorded for the first time, electroencephalogram, hippocampal local field potential, electromyogram, electrooculogram, brain, body and ambient temperature, and 3D accelerometry. We also deprived rats of paradoxical sleep by triggering the vibrating motor after online recognition of the state. Finally, by successfully recording a pigeon in an 8 m3 aviary in a social context with the device in the logger configuration, we demonstrate the feasibility of using the device in the field. Link to publications : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165027018302668

The Jet Ball virtual reality for rodents.

The Touchscreen Chamber consists of a screen with an infrared-frame and a home cage with a reward system.

Rodents can be trained to use spatial cues to navigate a maze that tests their ability to remember specific locations. ViewPoint provides a specific VideoTrack add-on in order to give you typical results from this test.

Open Field is usually to used to analyze exploratory, stress and anxiety behavior but also to measure locomotor activity levels into the arena.

Light and dark test is based on the spontanous exploratory rodents behaviour into the black/dark close compartiment and the white/light open compartiment.

Conditioned Place Preference (CPP) is used to measure rodent behavior according to different floor textures, wall drawing.

radial arm maze

Morris water maze evaluate spatial memory on rodents

T-maze animal cognition task

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The Three-chambered Social test is used to assess cognition, sociability and interest in social novelty in rodents models.

A battery of behavioral tests is used to investigate various behavioral and cognitive fields with relevance to Alzheimer disease - Cheeseboard task

All our mazes are made to be transparent to this specific light

Opacifier for Morris Water Maze - White Dye Not available for delivery in North America

The application of movement and gait analysis systems for animals also has a function in preclinical research as here it can help gain new knowledge in areas such as experimental neurology and research into Parkinson’s disease

A learning task analyzing animals’ ability to familiarize with a complex environment and decidedly adopting an approach. The Hamlet Test apparatus mimicks a small village, comprising a central agora and streetsleading to functionalized houses.

Our Polymodal system for Rats or for Mice, is the best polyvalent system. On specific demands from researchers, we expanded the operant conditioning apparatus line in order to run experiment on head-fixed animals.

Optomotor response (OMR) is a reflex used to assess visual function. To evoke OMR, a mouse watches a striped pattern rotating within a cylinder

OneiRos是Viewpoint公司所推出的一款可维持数天且专门用于研究自由无束缚啮齿动动物的新型低功耗电生理信号测量系统。