Integrated device for experimental rat water maze experiment

Abstract

The invention relates to an integrated device for an experimental rat water maze experiment. The integrated device comprises an experimental device and a drying device which are connected through a conveying belt. By reasonably combining the experimental device and the drying device of the water maze device, rats can be directly conveyed from the experimental device into the drying device after entering the water maze experiment, the rats do not need to leave the water maze environment on the premise of not influencing the carrying out of the experiment, water on the rats cannot fall onto theground of a laboratory even when the rats move back and forth, the cleanliness of the laboratory environment is kept, the operations of an experimental operator are convenient, and the experimental efficiency is effectively improved; through the design of a unit drying cage and a telescopic plate, the technical problems are solved that the experimental drying operation is difficult and the counting and managing of experimental rats are disordered, the workload of the experimental operators is greatly reduced, the distinguishing of the experimental rats is facilitated, the experimental time isshortened, and the experimental accuracy is improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of biomedicine, and relates to an animal experiment device, in particular to an integrated device used for a water maze experiment on experimental rats. Background technique [0002] The water maze is an experimental method developed by the British psychologist Morris and his colleagues in the early 1980s to study the learning, memory, spatial orientation and cognitive ability of rats after damage to the hippocampus and other brain areas. An experimental method in which rats can learn to swim in a water tank and find a platform hidden underwater to escape. The Morris water maze is currently recognized as a more objective method for evaluating learning and memory functions in the world. To test the learning ability of spatial memory, it needs to be maintained for several weeks. During the training time, several experiments are carried out every day, and the computer is used to build images to automatically collect and ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] The above water maze experiment steps are only one cycle of the experiment. If the experimental effect of the drug is tested, multiple cycles of experiments are required. After each experiment, the experimental animals need to be managed in groups, and the experimental animals need to be dried or dried , or use a 150W incandescent lamp to dry the experimental animals for 10 minutes. After each experiment, due to the large number of experimental animals, special experimental personnel are required to manage them. If the drying is slow, it is easy to disrupt the experimental sequence and affect the experiment. Progress, if the experiment is arranged in colder weather, the drying effect will be affected, the experiment cycle will be delayed, the experimenter will be occupied, and the experiment efficiency will be reduced. There is no special water maze experimental animal drying device yet.

[0005] The water maze device mainly includes two parts: the water maze experimental device and the drying device. The existing experimental devices mainly have uneven heating, insufficient heat preservation time, difficult folding of the occupied space, heavy workload for emptying waste water, and difficult discharge and removal of feces at the bottom of the pool. Easy to clog pipes and other problems

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