The SmartCage™ system supports multiple types of measurements:
Wake monitoring: Active and quiet wakefulness; percent and absolute time spent in each arousal state; continuous monitoring of sleep from days to weeks (validated by EEG/EMG).
Locomotion and position tracking: Total traveling distance, speed, ambulatory vs. fine movements, and x, y, z beam-break counts, instant position and movement path.
Learning and memory
Light/dark preference for anxiety testing: Percent and absolute time spent in light compartment and number of transitions between light and dark compartments.
Respiration: Rate and rhythm during slow wave sleep.
Stereotypic behaviors: Grooming and rearing (validated by video recordings).
Abnormal behaviors and death events: Tremors, detection of time of death and alert with a red flag.
Wake monitoring: Active and quiet wakefulness; percent and absolute time spent in each arousal state; continuous monitoring of sleep from days to weeks (validated by EEG/EMG).
