NIR Video Fear Conditioning (VFC) System for General Use

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Our video fear conditioning systems are designed to be flexible with numerous stimulation and contextual insert options for your experiments. This system is designed to be flexible. Experiments can be conducted and data collected with or without bright visible lighting; instead utilizing near infrared (NIR) imaging without sacrificing video quality.

While bright visible lighting yields uniform illumination, which is effective for achieving high quality & low noise video recording of animal behavior, it also has the potential to adversely affect it. Our near infrared (NIR) imaging system eliminates the need for visible light and its influence on animal behavior. Each package includes a factory installed high quality digital video camera with an NIR lens mounted on the cubicle door to ensure proper positioning.

All Video Freeze™ packages feature:

• NIR light, which eliminates the need for bright visible light
• Visible light can be used within a session as a cue without impacting the video recording
• Five different user-defined intensity settings of white light
• Real-time video recording (30 frames per second) allows software to distinguish between subtle movements such as whisker twitch, tail flick, and freezing behavior
• Contextual inserts, which provide additional variables when studying the effects of contextual cues on learning and memory
• Digital camera to capture high quality, low noise video
• OmnCtrl Interface Card and 12 I/O OmniCtrl Connection Panel w/Sound

In addition, contextual packages feature:

• Foam lined cubicle
• Grid floor harnesses for all three different styles of floor (level, alternating, staggered)
• Low profile style chambers for clear view of animal during recording

NOTE: The only differences between mouse and rat packages are the spacing and size of rods in the grid floors and the grid floor aversive stimulation harness.

To learn more about our Fear Conditioning system, check out the catalog or this webpage.