Experimental system for the determination of white rat behavior

Abstract

The invention discloses an experimental system for the determination of white rat behavior, which is composed of two parts including a hardware device and a white rat video tracking determination system consisting of system hardware and system software, the hardware device comprises a box body, an animal movement case arranged within the box body, an illumination device arranged on the top of the box body and an outdoor air system connected with the box body; the system hardware comprises a video input unit, an image acquisition card and a computer, wherein, the video input unit is connected with the computer via a video line and is arranged on the top of the box body, the image acquisition card and the system software are installed on the computer, the system software comprises the following modules: image acquisition, trace tracking, background modeling, computation of characteristic data, and formatted display and storage of result. The experimental system implements the acquisition of behavior data of the white rat on conditions of low noise and low illumination, causing no disturbance for normal activity of the white rat and improving accuracy of experimental result; the invention, in combination with the white rat video tracking determination system, performs the determination flexibly and results from diversified test parameters.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an animal behavior measurement experimental system, in particular to a white mouse behavior measurement experimental system. Background technique [0002] Drug addiction is a chronic recurrent encephalopathy, mainly manifested as compulsive drug use behavior and uncontrollable drug dosage. The causes of addiction include positive reinforcement factors (such as euphoria, reward effect, etc.), negative reinforcement factors (such as escapism, relief of withdrawal symptoms, etc.) and conditioned reinforcement factors. Current studies believe that the rewarding effect of addictive drugs is one of the main reasons for inducing mental dependence, compulsive drug-seeking behavior and relapse. In order to simulate human drug-seeking behavior from different angles and reflect the positive reinforcement effect of drugs, there are currently a variety of animal behavioral pharmacology models for evaluating drug dependence, and the more ma...

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[0003] However, the current experimental system for measuring the behavior of white mice used at home and abroad generally uses photoelectric cell automatic counting devices, which has defects such as single information indicators obtained in the experiment, and the inability to observe the activity status of white mice during the experiment.

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