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Description
- Designed for applying light touch to the rodent foot
- Provides assessment of hypersensitivity and allodynia in rats and mice
- Touch stimulator transducer is mounted on a Perspex handle, so that routine procedures may be employed to examine and test the animal skin sensitivity
- Prism of original design is of great help to localize the aimed stimulation area
- Completion of each test may be indicated either by the sudden withdrawal of the paw or by pressing the external foot-pedal
- Display gives the operator a summary of the results of the test (i.e. force and time corresponding to the animal response).
- Rate of application of the force is set by the operator and the e-VF includes software tools that help the operator in consistently applying the force at the desired rate.
- Results of several hundred tests may be stored in the e-VF for transfer to a PC
Instrument includes:
- Electronic unit
- Touch stimulator with the prism of original design
- e-VF can be completed with the 57816 Base assembly for plantar stimulation.
Specifications
Specifications
| For Use With (Application) | Neuroscience |
| Animal | Mouse, Rat |
| Includes | Grid platform |
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