Anxiety & Depression Black & White Test Our Black and White Box allows easy and quick evaluation of an animal’s anxiety as reflected in their behavior. The test identifies behavioral modifications resulting from pharmacological agents. The Black and White Box assesses the animal’s displacement in two compartments with different sizes, color, and illumination. The experimental box is made from perspex. It has small black compartments and a larger white compartments separated by a connecting gate. Each compartment has its own removable perspex floor which is the same color as the walls. The floor has a line grid pattern that measures 90 X 90 mm (3.5 x 3.5 in). The compartments are independently illuminated: the white one with a 100 W white bulb and the black one with a 40 W red bulb. Both bulbs are 370 mm (14.5 in) from the floor of the box. The Black and White Box can be supplied with a weight transducer system for automated animal detection and photocell beams for evaluation of general activity during the test. The automated experimental chambers (up to 8) are associated to the PC-based control software PPCWIN for data storage and analysis. Anxiety & Depression • Black & White Test key features } Compartments with independent and highly contrasted illumination Specifications Chamber Dimensions, H x W x D Mouse: White compartment Black compartment Door Rat: White compartment Black compartment Door 240 x 310 x 310 mm (9.5 x 12.2 x 12.2 in) 240 x 310 x 200 mm (9.5 x 12.2 x 7.9 in) 100 x 100 mm (3.9 x 3.9 in) 240 x 250 x 250 mm (9.5 x 9.8 x 9.8 in) 240 x 250 x 160 mm (9.5 x 9.8 x 6.3 in) 70 x 70 mm (2.6 x 2.6 in) } Can be associated with weight transducer technology for optimal animal detection } Easy to clean between trials } Easy connection to a PC through RS-232 port parameters measured } Total time spent in each compartment latency to the first change of compartment compartments } Number of changes between the black and white } Total duration of the experiment components included Ordering Information Order # 76-0007 76-0008 76-0009 76-0010 76-0011 Model Le810 Le816 Le812 Le818 PPcwinV2.0 Product experimental chamber for mouse automated experimental chamber for mouse: with weight transducer experimental chamber for rat automated experimental chamber for rat: with weight transducer Software for chamber control and Data analysis (8 units) } Experimental chamber } Cables and connectors } Instruction manual } Set of spare fuses } 2 year warranty options } PPCWIN Software to control up to 8 automated boxes simultaneously RefeRences Giménez-Llort L et al. (2015) AVCRI104P3, a novel multitarget compound with cognitionenhancing and anxiolytic activities: studies in cognitively poor middle-aged mice. Behav Brain Res. 2015 Jun 1;286:97-103. Baeta-Corral R et al. (2014) Bizarre behaviors and risk assessment in 3xTg-AD mice at early stages of the disease. Behavioural Brain Research, Behav Brain Res. 2014 Jan 1;258:97-105. www.panlab.com • www.coulbourn.com 77