Social interaction operant behavior system LE894T
for micefor behavioral researchbenchtop

social interaction operant behavior system
social interaction operant behavior system
social interaction operant behavior system
social interaction operant behavior system
social interaction operant behavior system
social interaction operant behavior system
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Characteristics

Animal type
for mice
Applications
for behavioral research
Type
social interaction
Configuration
benchtop

Description

The social interaction test by pairs provides a popular and standard paradigm to study general social behavior. This test allows the experimental subject to freely explore an unfamiliar congener in its home cage or in a neutral environment. Social exploration is measured by the time spent by the experimental subject around the congener as well as the amount and duration of behaviors that compose social interaction (e.g. sniffing, following, grooming, biting, mounting, wrestling, etc). Social avoidance behavior is used in a wide variety of models, for instance for assessing neophobia anxiety and depression-like behaviors. Our social box provides an ideal experimental environment to conduct social interaction tasks. The box is divided in three interconnected compartments. Sliding doors are available for confining the animal in one specific compartment during the test. In standard experiments, two grid enclosures containing “stranger” animals are placed in the box allowing a close interaction with the animal tested (as well as protection in case one of them manifests strong aggressive behavior). Two models are availables for rats and mice. All our model are now compatible with experiments using tethered animals. New! Compatible with tethered animals Removable compartment dividers allow using the box for many behavioral paradigms Material does not retain odors Manual sliding doors Optimized for video-tracking systems with non-reflecting material

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