Reward & Addiction Place Preference Box The experimental box consists of two perspex compartments of the same size interconnected by a central grey corridor. The compartments can be differentiated by both visual and tactile cues: the color of the walls in each compartment (white or black) and the texture of the floors (smooth or rough). The box is provided with transparent front walls which may be covered with extractable opaque covers (included). Manually operated sliding doors are provided to manage the access to the two compartments from the corridor. The experimental box can be supplied with or without automatic animal position detection system. The automated animal position detection is carried out by a weight transducer system which is associated to the PC-based control software PPCWIN, see page 84. key features Reward & Addiction • Place Preference Box Specifications experimental Box Dimensions (W x D x H): Rat compartments corridor Doors Mouse compartments corridor Doors Material composition connection of several Units to Pc certifications Power Requirement 300 x 300 x 340 mm (11.8 x 11.8 x 1.3 in) 80 x 100 x 340 mm (0.3 x 4 x 11.8 in) 100 x 140 mm (4 x 0.55 in) 100 x 130 x 130 mm (4 x 5 x 5 in) 72 x 72 x 130 mm (3 x 3 x 5 in) 60 x 60 mm (2.4 x 2.4 in) Perspex neither Pc interface nor Pc card are required. one cable connects all units to the Pc. ce compliant 110/220 Vac, 50/60 Hz } Allows a combination between the visual and tactile cues defining each compartment } Weight transducer technology allows animal detection optimization in low-contrast conditions } Software for automated storage and analysis of the data } Up to 8 stations can be connected at once to PC through a single cable parameters measured Position Detection Technique weight transducers } Total number of entries into the compartments } % distribution of the entries into different compartments } Permanence time in each compartment } % permanence time in respect to the total duration } Chronological sequence of animal displacements components included } Place preference box with removable floors } Instruction manual } Opaque extractable wall covers options Ordering Information Order # 76-0216 76-0217 76-0218 76-0219 76-0011 Model Le890 Le891 Le892 Le893 PPcwin Product Standard Place Preference System for rats Standard Place Preference System for mice automated Place Preference System for rats using weight transducers automated Place Preference System for mice using weight transducers Software associated to automated boxes (up to 8 units) } PPCWIN software (for automated animal position detection) } SMART or LimeLight video-tracking systems The Place Preference Box is a standard experimental chamber for automated assessment of conditioned place preference and aversion in rodents, two tests widely used for screening the reinforcing properties of drugs (or natural stimuli) as well as for investigating the brain neurobiological systems implicated in reward and addiction. note see sMART on pages 4-7 and LimeLight on pages 10-11 for our vide tracking options for use with the Place Preference Boxes. 82 www.coulbourn.com • www.panlab.com