Anxiety & Depression Immobilization Board The new design aims to solve all the reported problems asociated with the use of commonly used immobilization boards. The Immobilization Board is an attractive alternative to standard cylindrical restrainers. Our Immobilization Board provides unmatched quality for animal restraint while reducing physical stress and eliminating the possibility of escape. The quality of psychological stress is optimized, leading to homogeneity and reproducibility in the results. Anxiety & Depression Specifications Board Dimension Arms Length 17.5 x 7 x 3.8 cm (6.9 x 2.8 x 1.5 in) 7.5 cm (3 in) • Immobilization Board Ordering Information Order # Model ot151 Product immobilization board for mice 76-0442 key features } Induce emotional stress of unmatched intensity } Enhance the quality of the psychological component of stress } Designed to avoid animal lesion and escaping (no physical stress induced) } Obtain optimal homogeneity and reproducibility in the results } Easily adaptable for any mouse sizes } Easy to clean This Immobilization Board has a new design for optimizing restraint procedures for psychological stress studies in rodents. Forced immobilization “Restraint” is commonly used as a model of stress in small laboratory animals, especially for producing psychological stress. In this context, the Immobilization Board is an adaptation of the standard immobilization board used in neuroendocrinological and behavioral studies in rats and mice (Kvetnansky and Mikulaj, 1970; Chesnokova et al, 1998; Golub et al, 2004). The Immobilization Board consist of a central board made of non-porous (odor-resistant) material and has 4 movable arms for animal paw fixation. Adhesive tape is used to fixate all four paws. Once the paws are fixated, a Velcro ribbon is used to secure the rodent’s body. The Velcro ribbon goes all the way around the Board for optimal restraint. www.panlab.com • www.coulbourn.com 79