An inhalational behavioral chamber. 1986

S N Pradhan, and R L Copeland

An inhalational (flow-through) behavioral chamber has been designed and prepared in order to facilitate recording of the behavioral performance of a small experimental animal (e.g., rat and mouse) while the subject is being exposed to an inhalant (vapor or gas). The animal can be clearly viewed during behavioral performance inside the chamber, which consists of a cylindrical glass jar. The apparatus is made up of easily available materials (e.g., glass, metal, Teflon, etc.) that are not affected by usual industrial solvents. At the present stage of its development, three types of behavioral schedules can be performed within the chamber: schedules involving brain stimulation (e.g., self-stimulation, avoidance of aversive stimulations); liquid-reinforced schedules (e.g., fixed ratio, fixed interval, variable ratio, variable interval, differential reinforcement of low rates); shock avoidance (classical or continuous). The schedules can be microcomputer assisted. The device is suitable for study of behavioral pharmacology and toxicology of inhalants.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011600 Psychopharmacology The study of the effects of drugs on mental and behavioral activity.
D005740 Gases The vapor state of matter; nonelastic fluids in which the molecules are in free movement and their mean positions far apart. Gases tend to expand indefinitely, to diffuse and mix readily with other gases, to have definite relations of volume, temperature, and pressure, and to condense or liquefy at low temperatures or under sufficient pressure. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001522 Behavior, Animal The observable response an animal makes to any situation. Autotomy Animal,Animal Behavior,Animal Behaviors
D014116 Toxicology The science concerned with the detection, chemical composition, and biological action of toxic substances or poisons and the treatment and prevention of toxic manifestations. Toxinology,Evidence Based Toxicology,Evidence-Based Toxicology,Based Toxicologies, Evidence,Based Toxicology, Evidence,Evidence Based Toxicologies,Evidence-Based Toxicologies,Toxicologies, Evidence Based,Toxicologies, Evidence-Based,Toxicology, Evidence Based,Toxicology, Evidence-Based
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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