Mazes are custom-built to a variety of specific dimensions and setups, with or without Infra-red (IR). Tracksys designed the first IR mazes for rodent behaviour studies, overcoming the difficulty of video tracking rodents with mixed coat colours, and eliminating reflections caused by urine.
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| Feature | Benefit | |
|---|---|---|
| Standard or bespoke behavioural mazes in a range of colours and dimensions | Mazes designed to meet research needs | |
| High-quality build | Easy to clean, so animals are not influenced by the secretions of their predecessors | |
| Underfloor IR lighting | Accurate tracking when using rodents with mixed coat colours and removes error from urine reflections | |
| Automated components available e.g. maze doors and controlled through EthoVision XT | Eliminates necessity for experimenter to be present in the lab |
| Option | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|
| Open Fields | Commonly used to investigate activity, anxiety-related and exploratory behaviour | |
| Elevated Plus Maze or Zero Maze | Typically used in anxiety research; time spent in closed versus open arms/segments being compared | |
| T- and Y-Maze | For spatial learning and memory testing | |
| Radial Maze | 8-armed maze providing a variety of protocols involving spatial learning and memoryRadial maze | |
| Water Maze | Rodents locate raised platform in spatial learning tests | |
| Barnes Maze | Circular table with holes around circumference and goal box under one hole, to test spatial learning and memory | |
| Camera Gantry | Provides a complete mobile solution when cameras cannot be fixed permanently – useful in shared lab spaces |
| Product | Purpose | |
|---|---|---|
| EthoVision XT | Video tracking | |
| The Observer XT | Comprehensive analysis of manually scored behaviours |
| User | Task | |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacologists | Tracking mice in multiple open field mazes | |
| Behavioural neuroscientists | Studying avoidance behaviour in rats |