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Fig. 1. (
a
) Individual SmartCage with a mouse in a normal home cage. The fl oor-sensor was
placed in the home cage fl oor and IR array was mounted inside the platform. The fl oor vibra-
tion sensor amplifi er, IR processor, and a microcontrol unit were assembled at the front print
circuit board. (
b
) A single USB cable links directly or via a hub to the host PC for simultaneous
operation of 1-8 SmartCages and provides power supply. Signals were transmitted via the
USB cable to the PC. Two PCs (one laptop and one desktop) operated 16 SmartCages simul-
taneously, and recording ran from seconds to days under light/dark cycle.
Columbus Instruments (
www.colinst.com
), Coulbourn Instruments
(
www.coulbourn.com
), Lafayette Instrument (
www.lafayettein-
strument.com
)
, MED Associates (
www.med-associates.com
),
Omnitech Electronic (
www.omnitech.ca
), San Diego Instruments
(
www.sandiegoinstruments.com
)
, Stoelting Co (
www.StoeltingCo.
com
), TSE Systems (
www.TSESystems.com
), etc.
Force Plate Actimeter was produced by Basinc (
www.basinc.com
).
Laboratory Animal Behavior Observation, Registration and Analysis
System (LABORAS™) was made by Metris (
www.metris.nl.com
).
Video (CCD) camera with image-tracking technology can be
purchased from Noldus (
www.noldus.com
)
and Clever Sys (
www.
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