Helplessness Chamber

Description

The Rat Helplessness Chamber Model 80010 allows researchers to test for failure to escape aversive stimulus.

Escapable

The helplessness chamber wheel turn output is read by the computer through appropriate interfacing. ABET or other suitable scheduling software is used to program the desired behavioral escape response. Turning the wheel to the pre-programmed number of revolutions will turn off the shock generator. Rats will learn quickly to turn the wheel to avoid the tail-shock.

Inescapable

With two helplessness chambers one rat is the control and a second rat is yoked through the interfacing and scheduling software. Both rats have electrodes on their tails but the control rat is not connected to the shock generator. The rat in the yoked chamber has no control over the delivery of tail-shock and is thus in an inescapable paradigm. The rat in the control chamber will not receive the tail-shock but will experience behavioral contingencies. The yoked rat will receive all the tail-shocks that the control rat allows.

Products

Rat Helplessness Chamber
Model  80010

The Rat Helplessness Chamber Model 80010 allows researchers to test for failure to escape aversive stimulus.

Tail Shock Cable Package
Model  80010TS

This package includes two sets of tail electodes and cables for 80010 Learned Helplessness Chamber.

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