Description

The 8 Arm Radial maze is an apparatus widely validated for spatial learning tasks. Using external cues outside of the maze, arms can be baited and the number of arm entries to collect all 8 rewards can be measured. Poor spatial working memory correlates well to increased return to arm choices and overall time to finish the task. The Maze Engineers automated 8 arm radial mazes create entirely automated environments to minimize anxiety and fear created by the human experimentor while collecting high volumes of data

1. Description & Features
   1.1 Downwards Facing Doors
   1.2 Software
   1.3 Silent Mode
   1.4 Strength and Durability
   1.5 Optical Detection
   1.6 Multiple Colors
   1.7 Secure Lids
   1.8 Copper Shielding
2. Integrations
   2.1 Lickometers
   2.2 Treadmills
   2.3 Feeders
   2.4 Living Environments
3. Base Price
4. Suggested Sizes

Description & Features

Downwards Facing Doors

Software

“Silent Mode”

Strength & Durability

Downwards directing doors is ideal for teathered experiments, and ensures animal safety

• Our automated Radial maze is compatible with 3 software options to control the system including doors, pellet dispensers, and lickometers:
• Our Conductor software for controlling the system alone (no video tracking/analysis included)
• Our complete tracking and analysis package ConductVision.
• Our ConductMaze software which is a light-weight adapter to connect the system to video tracking software (ANY-Maze, Noldus EthoVision, or user’s proprietary video software)

The maze functions with very little sound to minimize startle, anxiety, and maximum exploration within the maze

Complete trust in how long the maze will last–made of high quality, but also light weight aluminum with thick acrylic parts ensures both ideal animal environments and maximum strength for long lasting mazes

Optical Detection

24/7, 99.9% accurate optical detection with easy to configure actionable responses to movement

Multiple Colors Available

Suggested color choices include Blue, Grey, Black, White & Clear, but we can make it any color of the rainbow!

Secure lids

Lids can be configured to create safe, secure environments

Copper Shielding

Copper shielding allows for maximized data collection in electrophysiology experiments . Please inquire about this option.

Integrations

Integrated Lickometers

Integrated Lickometers allow for sucrose and reward preference tasks

Integrated Treadmills

Integrated treadmills allow for exercise, metabolic, and fatigue tasks

Integrated Feeders

Integrated feeders allow for pellet rewards and reward preference experiments

Integrated Housing Environments

Integrated living environments allow for long term experimental tasks

Base Prices

Suggested Sizes

References

Layfield, D., Sidell, N., Abdullahi, A., Newman, E.L. (2020) Dorsal Hippocampus not always necessary in a radial arm maze delayed win-shift task. Hippocampus 30(2):121-129.  PMID: 31453652.

Qian, Z.J., Ricci, A.J. (2020) Effects of cochlear hair cell ablation on spatial learning/memory. Sci Rep 10, 20687