Five Hole Nose Poke Wall Test Packages

The five-hole nose poke chamber has been used extensively to assess attention and stimulus control in the rat. MED Associates offers the following packages in both rat and mouse sizes. The application software available for the following packages (SOF-700RA-8A) feature flexible user settings for trials to run, limited hold (duration of the serial choice phase), time out, reward duration, session time, cue duration, and ITI duration. Sixteen elements of data are documented for each trial. Summary data includes correct responses, incorrect responses, omissions, premature responses, perseverant responses, time out responses, total receptacle head entries, percent correct, percent incorrect, percent omission, average latency to correct responses, average latency to incorrect responses, and average latency to reward. MedState NotationT™ may be modified by the user or custom code ordered from MED Associates.


This package features the MED-NPW-5L modular test chamber that has already been fitted with five nose pokes containing single stimulus lights on a curved back wall, grid floor, stainless waste pan and filler panel package. To this we have added an extra tall expanded PVC sound attenuating cubicle, pellet dispenser, and pellet receptacle with head entry detection and receptacle light. Order the MED-SYST-8 interface and software package to run up to eight test chambers and MED-SYST-16 to run up to sixteen test chambers.


This package is capable of the same research as the deluxe package without multiple stimulus intensities. Replacing the PVC sound attenuating cubicle with a less expensive MDF sound cubicle reduces the cost of this package further. Each test package is a complete single test chamber. Order the MED-SYST-8 interface and software package to run up to eight test chambers and MED-SYST-16 to run up to sixteen test chambers.


This package is identical to the deluxe rat package (MED-NP5L-D1) except for the cubicle and chamber. These are smaller in size to accommodate the mouse. The 14 mg pellet dispenser (ENV-203-14) is available by request in place of the 20 mg pellet dispenser (ENV-203-20). Order the MED-SYST-8 interface and software package to run up to eight test chambers and MED-SYST-16 to run up to sixteen test chambers.


This package is capable of the same research as the deluxe mouse package without multiple stimulus intensities. Replacing the PVC sound attenuating cubicle with a less expensive MDF sound attenuating cubicle reduces the cost of this package further. Each test package is a complete single test chamber. The 14 mg pellet dispenser (ENV-203-14) is available by request in place of the 20 mg pellet dispenser (ENV-203-20). Order the MED-SYST-8 interface and software package to run up to eight test chambers and MED-SYST-16 to run up to sixteen test chambers.

MED Operant Behavior Test Packages

Operant Behavior Test Package - Rat

Operant Behavior Test Package - Mouse

Five Hole Nose Poke Wall Test Package

Nine Hole Nose Poke Wall Test Package

Shuttle Box Test Packages for Active and Passive Avoidance and Learned Helplessness

Maze Test Packages

Operant Behavior Test Packages - Pigeon, Rat or Small Primate

Operant Behavior Test Packages - Primate

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