Animal Behavior and Physiology

Thermal Place Preference (TPP Test)

The Ugo Basile Thermal Place Preference Test, or Two-Temperature Choice Test, is an operator independent test which allows monitoring temperature preferences and nociceptive thresholds in rodents (mice and rats), by assessing the rodent's temperature preference.

Sociability test – designed to test the social behavior

The sociability cage is designed to test the social behavior or social memory of one individual towards others.

Forced Swim Test with Water Wheel (Nomura test)

The NEW Forced Swim Test with Water Wheel automatically scores active escapes and eliminates the subjectivity of immobility measurements.

Light-dark box

The light-dark box is used to test the unconditioned anxiety response of rats or mice.

Rodent Treadmill

Ugo Basile introduces an original TREADMILL for rats and mice. The same device is suitable for tests on either rats or mice. Shock option incorporated in all models

Delta-Maze

The Delta-maze is a custom modification of the T-maze, a special design made possible by the extreme adaptability of our MultiMaze system 41500.

Atlantis Platforms for Morris Water Maze

The Atlantis System allows a remote control of platforms in a Morris water maze.

Multi-Maze System for Mouse / Rat

Ugo Basile introduces a new multi-maze system of original design, a versatile modular device, with which the researcher can assemble the ideal configuration to study spatial learning and spatial memory in rats or mice.

Agora Maze – new sociability test (SocioBox method)

The main principle of this test is based on the free choice by a subject mouse to spend time in any part of an open circular arena.

Active Avoidance Set-Up (Shuttle-Box)

The new model of Active Avoidance Set-Up has been designed to enable the researcher to perform a wide range of avoidance experiments, each according to a flexible schedule.

Conditioned Place Preference (CPP)

The new Ugo Basile Conditioned Place Preference (CPP) cage is a 2-compartment box to evaluate the abuse potential of substances and the motivational effects of drugs in mice or rats.

Learned Helplessness

The Ugo Basile Set-Up for Learned Helplessness is based on a sophisticated generator of unpredictable random shocks delivered to the grid floor of a rodent box where no escape is possible.