Movement & Kinematic Analysis
MotoRater
Most Sensitive Rodent Kinematic Movement & Gait Analysis
MotoRater is the new standard in the field of rodent gait analysis. This innovative tracking system breaks through the limitations of traditional footprint analysis, offering a comprehensive and versatile platform for researchers investigating fine movement and posture details.MotoRater precisely tracks designated anatomical points across five distinct movement modalities – overground walking, skilled ladder walking, wading, swimming, and beam walking. This unparalleled capacity for multimodal analysis allows more detailed understanding of motor disfunction across diverse behavioral contexts.
Our sophisticated high-speed camera system provides simultaneous full ventral, left, and right-sided capture of the animal’s locomotion. This multi-angular approach facilitates the generation of rich 3D kinematic data, enabling researchers to capture subtle deviations in posture and movement patterns that might be missed by traditional single-view techniques.
Treadmill
Exercise, Motor Function & Coordination (+ VO2 max)
The Treadmill is an advanced computerized equipment tailored for forced exercise experiments and fatigue assessments in rodents. It supports individual or group animal studies, accommodating up to six mice or four rats per treadmill. The system features adjustable inclination for workload modification.A servo motor drives the treadmill belt, allowing you to program custom speed profiles with varying acceleration and deceleration phases. Infrared sensors detect when animals leave the belt, while optional motivational stimuli like foot shock or air puff encourage them to stay on track. Our Treadmill offers precise control over exercise parameters, facilitating studies on chronic adaptation to exercise and disease progression reversal in rodents with unparalleled efficiency and flexibility.
Running Wheels
Voluntary & Active Wheels for Rodents
Wheel running is a widely utilized method for assessing voluntary physical activity in rodents, particularly in the study of circadian rhythms. Additionally, running wheels can function as environmental enrichment, enhancing animal welfare during prolonged experiments.TSE Running Wheels for rats and mice are ingeniously suspended from the home cage lid, optimizing living space for the animal. This setup seamlessly integrates with ActiMot3 frames, enabling comprehensive evaluation of total activity levels. The optional Motor Skill drum boasts removable rods, allowing for the creation of irregular rod patterns. This sophisticated wheel is a potent tool for early detection of motor deficits, surpassing traditional tests like the RotaRod in efficacy.
ActiMot2
Fully Automated Infrared Activity Frame for Mice & Rats
The multi-purpose ActiMot2 system registers, spontaneous or induced, animal movement with a 3-dimensional grid of light-beam sensors. Horizontal and vertical movements are reliably detected with high spatial and temporal resolution.ActiMot2 is available for Open Field experiments to study spontaneous activity, exploration, and anxiety. Square-shaped light-beam frames in two sizes with up to two additional rearing levels are combined with Open Field arenas for rats and mice. The dedicated advanced software with over 100 integrated result parameters is customized with various built-in options, including defining regions of interest and detecting thresholds to fine-tune activity and speed parameters.
TraffiCage
Automated Assessment of Individual Locomotor Activity in Group Housed Mice or Rats
TraffiCage addresses a critical limitation in behavioral phenotyping – the reliance on solitary housing, which disrupts natural social interactions. This innovative system overcomes this challenge by enabling concurrent social housing and automated locomotor activity tracking via radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology.TraffiCage empowers researchers to:
Follow Social Activity Connections: Investigate how social interactions influence individual locomotor activity patterns, offering insights into the social regulation of physical health.
Assess Social Impact on Disease Models: Evaluate the influence of social context on disease progression in rodent models, potentially leading to more generalizable preclinical data.
Refine Behavioural Phenotyping with Social Context: Improve our understanding of behavior by studying animals in a socially relevant environment that better reflects their natural habitat.
Stellar Telemetry
Multichannel Implantable Telemetry for In-Vivo Monitoring of Physiological Parameters
All Digital Solution
Unlike traditional cage-based setups, Stellar Telemetry is an animal-centric system that prioritizes minimal hardware requirements.All-Digital Solution: Stellar requires only one antenna in the room, which is only 5m+/10ft away from animals or less.
The Universal Receiver: Enables simultaneous data collection from up to 8 real-time implants or up to 32 memory implants.
Flexible Antenna Placement: Conveniently positioned on walls, ceilings, or stands, allowing for optimal data transmission and reception.
Versatile Compatibility: Stellar Telemetry serves diverse research needs with a single, streamlined setup seamlessly adaptable across different species and labs.
Continuous & Memory-Type Implants
Group Housing Compatible: Break free from the constraints of individual housing, animals can be group-housed while individual data is collected with precision and accuracy.Effortless Scheduling: The measurement schedule can be programmed remotely and changed at any time after implantation.
Minimalistic Setup: No receivers around cages; simple USB connection(s) to your computer or laptop.
Expand Your Research: Simply purchase new implants and use the same system hardware and software with any Stellar implant model across all animal species.
Revolutionizing Animal Research
Seamless Integration: Conduct telemetry recording alongside other tests, such as exercise or cognition testing, with ease.Guaranteed Data Integrity: Scheduled recording with memory implants ensures lossless storage and transmission whenever the antenna is within range.
Efficient Battery Usage: Implants conserve battery power by activating specific signals and settings as requested through an intuitive user interface.
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