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Tail-Flick Unit
General
This new style Tail Flick Unit has been designed to perform rapid precise screening of analgesic drugs via heat stimulation on the rat tail,
according to D’Amour & Smith
, see bibliography. It basically consists of an I.R. source, whose radiant energy of adjustable intensity is
focused on the rat tail by an embodied parabolic mirror.
The rat is held by the operator on the instrument unobstructed upper panel (see picture) in such a way that its tail, placed over a flush
mounted window, receives the I.R. energy.
The operator starts the stimulus and the related solid state second counter. When the rat feels pain and
flicks
its tail, a sensor detects it,
stops the second counter and switches off the bulb. The
reaction time
of the animal is thus determinedand automatically recorded.
PAIN and INFLAMMATION
Dedicated Software
Cat. No. 37360
RAPID and PRECISE
SCREENING OF
ANALGESIC DRUGS
ON THE RAT TAIL
Main Features
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Automatic detection of the animal
response
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Data portable to USB pen-drive
stick or to PC (USB)
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Comfortable, unobstructed working surface (no
protruding elements)
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Excellent reproducibility thanks to optics lodged
in a rigid structure & electronically controlled I.R.
flux
Memory Key included
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