METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING FLINCHING REACTION AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING INFLUENCE BEING GIVEN TO LEARNING OR MEMORY BY CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and device for measuring equipment that can objectively measure the flinching reaction of a number of animals with the same accuracy as an experienced observer. ;SOLUTION: An experimental animal is loaded into a square training container 10 and is subjected to electric shock with sound stimulus by a buzzer 11 as conditions for learning, exercises when the animal is returned to the training container 10 is monitored by far infrared detection means 12a-12d from a plurality of nearly horizontal directions, and further exercises when the animal is loaded into a net-shaped cylindrical container 20 and sound stimulus is presented by a buzzer 21 are monitored similarly by far infrared detection means 22a-22c or the like, thus detecting a flinching reaction. For distinguishing the difference in environment for presenting training and sound stimulus, the shape of the containers 10 and 20 is changed and at the same time the upper portion and all directions of the container 20 are covered with an acryl plate 25.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2000,JPO