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AfaSci's Smart-Homecageā„¢ system is a unique suite of instrumented homecages for automated rodent monitoring.


Features:
  • Noninvasive multi-biosensors
  • One system - multiple assays
  • Up to 16 SmartCages can run simultaneously with one PC
  • Windows based software
  • Free training and sharing of established protocols


Applications:
  • Higher-throughput behavioral assays for phenotyping and in vivo drug screening
  • Neurobehavioral toxicity screening to eliminate toxic hits
  • Early pharmacokinetics (PK) prediction using behavioral changes as a biomarker for PK


Measurements:
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  • Home cage activity
    • Spontaneous activity count, active time
    • Locomotion: traveling distance, speed
    • Traveling pattern: cycling and rearing
  • Muscle coordination and balance
    • Foot drop test
    • Manual and automated rotorod tests
  • Neuropsychological tests
    • Light-dark anxiety test 
    • Social interaction (sociability, social novelty and social memory) 
    • Novel object test 
  • Noninvasive sleep measurement
    • Noninvasive sleep monitoring and scoring
    • Validated by EEG/EMG 
    • Automated sleep deprivation
    • Analysis of sleep/wake patterns


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