Operant Conditioning Chamber

Operant Conidtioning Chamber

Model: BLI-OPC01

Description

The OPERANT CONDITIONING CHAMBER is an experimental apparatus to study cognitive behaviors including learning and memory, and attention. Mice are trained (conditioned) to perform certain actions including nose-poking in response to specific stimuli such as a light or sound, and correct performance is followed by a reward such as food pellets or liquid.

PC Software
Features
  • Light Design and small size Chamber
  • PC Software for device control and data save/export
  • 3-divided screen shows Que image independently (image can be edited by user)
  • Video recording with a CCD camera from the top of the chamber
  • LED light and house light for visual cues
  • Valve-controlled food dispenser (liquid or pellet) for reward delivery
  • 4 Auxiliary BNC ports for TTL I/O, 2 USB ports
  • 1 Lan Port and WIFI (For PC connection)
  • Wireless communication is available
  • (Optional) Sound attenuating Isolation cubicle (See BLI-IC01)
Specifications
General
Target SpeciesMouse
ControlPC Software
Power consumption DC 12V
Data acquisitionData saved as .pkl file format,Video camera file are saved as MP4
 
Operation
PC InterfaceUSB(default), LAN(available), Wireless LAN(available)
Nose poke SensorPhoto detect sensor
Reward  Reward liquid drop to bowl and check the reward by Photo deteact Sensor
 
Dimension
Target SpeciesMouse
External  226 × 360 × 270 mm
Internal 216 × 190 × 220 mm
MaterialPlexiglass
Weight (kg)4.7 kg