IntelliCage
IntelliCage was designed to permit automated cognitive and behavioral screening of mutant or treated mice living in social groups.
As one of the biggest sources of experimental 'noise' comes from the scientist measuring behavior and humans are seen as dangerous predators, we minimized the human factor.
IntelliCage allows normal social behavior of mice and respects animal welfare. Your mice will act and react more naturally in an undisturbed and enriched environment - increasing the quality and comparability of your data while minimizing your effort!
IntelliCage allows normal social behavior of mice and respects animal welfare. Your mice will act and react more naturally in an undisturbed and enriched environment - increasing the quality and comparability of your data while minimizing your effort!
IntelliCage is the answer for scientists, which could not keep up with the screening of the increasing numbers of new mouse strains anymore. By creating IntelliCage we solved several problems at once:
General features
- fully automated screening for behavioral and cognitive malfunctions of mice living in social groups
- transponder technology permits assessment of individual performance
- high level of standardization achieved by minimizing human disturbance and performing automated monitoring
- allows uninterrupted short- or long-term monitoring
- standardized web-based data analysis saves time and manpower
- permits experts to focus on mechanistic analysis of detected effects
- animal friendly: group living reduces stereotypies, more natural behavior can be observed
- user friendly: our software modules allow use of the system without behavioral know-how being necessary
Technical description
Per cage: | Per intelligent corner: |
The IntelliCage gets even more versatile with the help of these add-ons, which allow the creation of multi-arena environments: |
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last modified
2011-05-17 17:21
