Automated 8 Arm Radial Maze
From$10,090Per Maze
Mouse and Rat models
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
- 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 - Integrations
2.1 Lickometers
2.2 Treadmills
2.3 Feeders
2.4 Living Environments - Base Price
- Suggested Sizes
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.
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
Mouse
$10,090Per Maze
- Automated Doors (8)
- 25 Zones or more detection
- Can be Integrated with Video Tracking
Rat
$10,390Per Maze
- Automated Doors (8)
- 25 Zones or more detection
- Can be Integrated with Video Tracking
Track rodents with ConductVision
ConductVision is our video-tracking software. Record your sessions on video, and it scores standard rodent tests, such as those listed below.
Examples of tests it scores
To check whether ConductVision scores your protocol in this apparatus, ask in your quote request.
Add ConductVision to your quote
A 5-year license is $3,990 in total.
Results export as CSV files.
Mouse Automated 8 Arm Radial Size (CM)
- Arm Length: 35
- Arm Width: 5
- Wall Height: 10
Rat Automated 8 Arm Radial Maze Size (CM)
- Arm Length: 50
- Arm Width: 10
- Wall Height: 20
T, Y, + Maze Inserts
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