Apparatus for evaluating behavior and induction of psychological states in rodents. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

摘要

Apparatus for assessing behavior and psychological state induction in rodents; comprising an openable parallelepipedic body by its top by sendas tapas and lateral through a folding door horizontal; inside the appliance they are defined two spaces; one transit of rodents on a grill and the other on the bottom in which there is willing a tray waste collection which tray is extracted slipping through an opening in the side of the apparatus where there is the door cited; inside the superior space is a distribution chamber from an impeller, whose air passes through a perforated transverse partition delimiting said chamber and the air delivers for a series of identical units in form and distribution presenting the appliance each unit of which consists of a perforated septum cross sliding and moving entresendas slots cut into the sides of apparatus body, the septum has a central opening for passage of the rodent, and also said partition together with other two central perpendiculars defined a corridor central cross and corridors lateral longitudinal extending with a space in quadrangular; and because each unit is electrified and presents sunlamps sensing and passing cells with switches rodent found in a panel of the unit itself. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)