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For NBFC usage inquiries, please contact:

Dr. Troy Zarcone
Box EHSC; Room G-6835
585-273-3987



For all other inquiries, please contact:

Dena Carbonari
Box EHSC; Room G-6833
585-275-3792


NBFC Equipment

Animal Tattoo System

Location: G-6833
Capacity: 1 unit
Species: Rat & Mouse

Description: Our AIMS tattoo system can be used to permanently identify both adult and neonate rodents. No anasthesia is required. Rodents can be tattooed on the tail, toes, paw pads, and/or shanks.

Force-Plate Actometer

Location: G-6833
Capacity: 4 chambers
Species: Rat & Mouse
(bodyweight must be >15g)

Description: An open-field arena that measures general activity, ataxia, tremor, seizure, and spontaneous actions.

Operant Chamber

Location: G-6833
Capacity: 6 chambers
Species: Mouse

Description: Operant chambers equipped with two photo-beam inputs and the delivery liquid rewards. Measurements of the disruption of voluntary movements; measure attention, learning, and memory; and detect thresholds or discriminations of visual, auditory, tactual, olfactory, gustatory, and pharmacological stimuli.

Photobeam Chamber

Location: G-6833
Capacity: 4 chambers
Species: Mouse

Description: An open field arena (by Med Associates) that uses photobeam breaks to measure ambulatory, horizontal, and vertical movement across time. This system also measures rotations, stereotypy, and time spent in defined zones of the chamber, as well as providing an X-Y plot of the animal's movement.

Photobeam Chamber

Location: 2-6811
Capacity: 10 chambers
Species: Mouse & Rat

Description: An open field arena (by Columbus) that uses photobeam breaks to measure ambulatory, horizontal, and vertical movement across time.

Operant Chamber

Location: 2-6811
Capacity: 10 chambers
Species: Mouse

Description: Operant chambers equipped with two levers and capabilities for delivery of food or liquid rewards. Measurements of learning vs. performance, discrimination, reversal, perseveration, memory attention, impulsivity, etc. or as needed operant behaviors. An environment that is programmable to address behavioral questions.

Coming Soon!
Operant Chamber

Location: 2-6807
Capacity: 24 chambers
Species: Rat

Description: Operant chambers equipped with three levers and food reward capabilities. Measurements of learning vs. performance, discrimination, reversal, perseveration, memory attention, impulsivity, etc. or as needed operant behaviors. An environment that is programmable to address behavioral questions.

Coming Soon!
Repeated Acquisition & Performance Chamber (RAPC)

Location: 2-6811
Capacity: 3 chambers
Species: Mouse

Description: Non-automated chambers used for the comparison of effects of an independent variable on learning vs. performance capabilities.

Coming Soon!

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