Rodent belt treadmill (compatible with most microscopes)

Low friction rodent belt treadmill (compatible with most microscopes)

Low Friction Rodent Driven Belt Treadmill

Compared to most existing designs, treadmills are relatively small and inexpensive. It is manually driven by a single sensor to track the movement of the belt. Some users use this sensor, but not everyone needs it. For users who do not monitor locations or can use their own data collection system, only the portion recorded in the zip file is required. Fundamentally, it can function as a freely rotating manual treadmill.

It can be used to allow mice to perform natural movements (such as walking) during the experimental process, rather than being stationary. For example, some users have their mouse walk normally on a treadmill and then play a tone related to the trained response to see if the mouse will start or stop moving.

Specifications:

-Low friction, manually (rodent) driven treadmill

-The slim design is suitable for most microscopes, including our OiS200 modular optical imaging system

-Orthogonal rotary encoder, decoded by Arduino interface

-USB serial interface for speed and cumulative distance

-0-3.3V analog output for speed and direction

-Use 5V USB power supply (included)

-Teflon surface, low friction, easy to connect to M6 or 1/4 inch test plates

Publications

Jackson, J., Karnani, M. M., Zemelman, B. V., Burdakov, D., & Lee, A. K. (2018). Inhibitory control of prefrontal cortex by the claustrum.Neuron,99(5), 1029-1039.