Description
The Automatic Home Cage System offers an advanced, fully automated platform for conducting chronic disease research and behavioral studies in mouse models. Supporting up to 10 animals, this system integrates precise RFID identification, continuous weight measurement, and an innovative automated fixation mechanism. Inspired by high-throughput home-cage imaging research, it is engineered to enable complex behavioral tasks and simultaneous imaging with significantly reduced user intervention, thereby fostering more reliable and reproducible data acquisition.
This sophisticated system allows mice to move freely between two interconnected cages. Integrated scales provide continuous monitoring of animal weight, while the automated fixation system gently secures individual animals for precise behavioral assessments or imaging sessions. Two high-resolution infrared cameras offer comprehensive, real-time monitoring of animal activity. Designed to minimize stress and ensure consistency, mice typically experience approximately 30 automated fixations per day, maintaining uniform experimental conditions with minimal researcher handling.
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Key Features
The Automatic Home Cage System is engineered with advanced features to enhance the rigor and efficiency of your research:
- Automated Longitudinal Monitoring: Integrates RFID-based identification and continuous weight tracking for precise, longitudinal data collection. This automation minimizes animal stress and enhances data integrity by eliminating manual intervention for these critical metrics.
- Integrated Behavioral & Imaging Capabilities: A sophisticated automated fixation system allows for the seamless integration of diverse behavioral tasks with simultaneous high-resolution imaging. This capability is crucial for correlating physiological changes with behavioral responses in a controlled environment.
- Reduced Handling & Stress: By automating routine procedures, the system significantly minimizes direct human-animal interaction. This promotes more natural behavior, contributing to more reliable and reproducible research outcomes while upholding higher ethical standards.
- High-Throughput Data Acquisition: Designed for efficient, large-scale data acquisition, this system supports high-throughput studies with minimal supervision, allowing researchers to manage multiple experiments and accelerate discovery.
The system is also engineered for compatibility with most standard laboratory cage types, offering flexibility for existing setups. Specific compatible cages are available upon request to ensure optimal system performance.
Research Applications
The Automatic Home Cage System is purpose-built to advance research across several critical areas:
- Chronic Disease Research: Facilitates long-term studies on disease progression and therapeutic interventions in mouse models, enabling continuous monitoring of behavioral and physiological parameters.
- Behavioral Neuroscience Studies: Ideal for investigating complex behaviors, learning, memory, and social interactions within a controlled and automated environment, providing high-resolution data.
- High-Throughput Imaging and Monitoring: Enables continuous, automated imaging and monitoring of freely moving animals, crucial for analyzing subtle behavioral changes and neural activity over extended periods.
- Ethical & Reproducible Research: By reducing animal handling and environmental variability, the system contributes to higher ethical standards and significantly enhances the reproducibility of experimental results.
Included System Components
Each Automatic Home Cage System includes the following essential components to ensure comprehensive functionality:
- Lock tunnel
- Spout holder (2-axis)
- Training spout holder
- Optional Lever Add-On
- Optional Brain Stimulator Add-On
- Control unit and computer
- Water dispenser
- Two infrared monitoring cameras
- Power supply
Availability and Pricing
For detailed information on system configurations, compatibility, or to receive a customized quotation tailored to your specific research requirements, please contact our sales team.
