Digital rotarod 47650

for ratsfor micewith touch screen

The RotaRod is a simple test to assess motor function and coordination in rodents. Motor coordination or fatigue can be evaluated by measuring the time the animal stays on a rotating rod before falling. The Rod can rotate at constant, accelerating, rocking (back and forth) or through complex acceleration/deceleration ramps, thanks to the included PC software XPad. The Ugo Basile RotaRod is the 1st and original, invented after the Dunham and Miya method (1957) and today has more than 6,200 citations in the literature. Ugo Basile RotaRod comes in a mouse 5-lane version, in a Rat 4-lane version and in a “Large Rat” version, plus Rod Adapters to enlarge the diameter of the rod and Complex Wheels to add a complexity element for the animal to be tested. As the inventor of the RotaRod, we continue to improve our best-selling and gold standard device for motor function and coordination by developing new accessories and technologies to change the complexity and increase the sensitivity of the experiment.