Find out what the Harvard Bioscience family has to offer at the first FENS virtual Forum

Being a division of Harvard Bioscience , we are proud to meet you at FENS together with our sister companies.

Visit us at our two virtual FENS booths in the premium exhibitor floor, where we can discuss your research needs, and we can share the latest possibilities for combined instrumentation solutions to improve research.

Save valuable bench space and expand your research capabilities with Panlab’s new rat/mouse convertible treadmills!

The complete line of Panlab’s standard treadmills (1, 2 and 5 lanes) now can be easily converted from rat to mouse and vice versa.

Use with our modular stimulus grids, lids and air puff accessories to expand your research capabilities.

RECORD-IT MEDIA is the Panlab product specifically designed to record digital videos in laboratories and scientific environments in general.

RECORD-IT MEDIA can record the live images of up to 8 cameras simultaneously into independent digital video files. RECORD-IT MEDIA also provides a Player for the review of the recorder videos. Both video recording and video playing can be synchronized with third-party system.

Powerful Video Recorder

RECORD-IT MEDIA processes the images (frames) coming from the connected images sources (cameras). The cameras supported by RECORD-IT MEDIA are digital USB cameras, webcam, WIA cameras, analog cameras and IP network cameras. RECORD-IT MEDIA also provides some simulated live image video sources for demo purposes.

• Screen camera view option (1, 4 or 8 cameras views).
• Independent or simultaneous Start/Stop.
• Camera status table for a better follow-up of the current recording status of the cameras.
• Individual setting by camera (format, name, recording mode/duration).
• All the settings are saved in a Record-It project file for easy storage and retrieval.
• High quality compression (H.264/MPEG 4 AVC codec Xvid equivalent; *.mkv file extension).

Convenient Video Player

RECORD-IT MEDIA player is compatible with a wide range of video formats.

• Search and re-link video file option available to retrieve lost video files.
• Player panel with re-size option.
• PLAY/STOP/PAUSE controls.
• Fast-Rewind/Fast-Forward controls (10 frames steps).
• Frame-by-Frame Rewind and Forward controls.
• Use the integrated Speed Selector for changing the speed of the visualization (x0.25 to x16).

Stand-alone recorder & player

• Video feed for a better validation/checking of the experiment.
• The recorded video files can be analyzed off-line using the SMART video-tracking system (or equivalent applictaion) for the automated evaluation of behavior or manual scoring.
• Use RECORD-IT MEDIA with our StartFear system and operant boxes (or any other system) for a concomittant video recording of the experimental sessions.

Integrate RECORD-IT MEDIA in your own application!

• Synchronization with third-party systems.
• Remote recording START/STOP.
• Remote player frame synchronization.

Last available release

Related products

• SMART Video-Tracking (P)
• Startle and Fear Conditioned System (P)
• Operant Behavioral Boxes (P)

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We follow the coronavirus situation closely and do everything possible to maintain the normal operation of the company.

Principle of the test

The tail suspension test allows a fast and reliable screening of the psychotropic properties (anti-depressants, sedatives) of drugs on rodents. 

The tail-suspension test was developed as an alternative to the Forced Swimming test, yet the concept remains the same. Rodents, suspended by their tail, innately attempt to escape from this aversive situation. However,following failed attempts to escape, they experience despair and become immobile. The magnitude of immobility is considered to be correlated with the depressive-like state of the subjects and is significantly decreased by antidepressants.

The parameters currently evaluated are:

• total time spent immobile
• latency to the first event of immobility
• etc...

NEW Tail Suspension Box Optimized for Video-Tracking Use!

The Panlab Tail suspension box (TST) consists in a box with 3 compartments, so to carry out experiment simultaneously on 3 experimental subjects at the same time.

NEW Modular Background Panels! The box is provided with modular background panels with 3 choices of colour (black/grey and white/translucid panels)

The box is also made of non-reflecting and odour-resistance material for an optimized use with a video-tracking system. Our user-friendly SMART video-tracking sofware is our recommend solution to run, record, analyse and replay the experiments at will.

2019 Meetings & Events

Our technical and sales teams are looking forward to meeting you at the next 2019 Neuroscience meetings.

It will be a great opportunity to discuss your latest research projects, as well as your current equipment needs! A whole range of instruments will be presented and available for real demonstrations.

Committed to Biomedical Research Since 1969

In 2019, Panlab celebrates 50 years of serving researchers with advanced products and systems for neuroscience and behavioral research.

Since 1969, our goal has been to provide a wide range of solutions for studying behaviour and physiology in small laboratory animals. We look forward to continuing to support you—our customers—with state-of-the-art tools that keep your research moving forward.

Join the Celebration!

This easy-to-use catalog includes all the components needed to assemble an optimal organ perfusion system for your small animal liver, kidney, mesenteric bed, or intraluminal vessel perfusion study. The systems featured in this catalog are modular in design, providing the flexibility to tailor a system to fit your specific needs.

BEAM WALKING or BEAM BALANCE TEST

The beam balance test (or beam walking assay) is used to assess fine motor coordination and balance in rodents, especially in experimental models associated with an alteration of the motor skills (brain injury, genetic manipulations, and/or pharmacological treatments…).

The goal of this test is for the subject to stay upright and walk across an elevated narrow beam to a safe box/platform. This test usually takes several consecutive days of test: some days of training and 1 day of testing. Performance on the beam is quantified by measuring the time it takes for the subject to cross the beam and the number of paw slips that occur in the process.

This task is particularly useful for detecting subtle deficits in motor skills and balance that may not be detected by other motor tests, such as the Rotarod.

PANLAB BEAM BALANCE TEST - DESCRIPTION

The Panlab beam balance test is composed of:

• A goal box (15 cm wide, 22 cm deep, 18 cm high)
• 2 tripods - adjustable height from 50 to 130 cm and with built-in level to check horizontality
• 4 ledge tapered beams (120 cm long) with following width dimensions:
• 0.5 cm upper beam width on 2.2 cm bottom beam width
• 2 cm upper beam width on 4 cm bottom beam width
• 1.5 cm upper beam width on 5.5 cm bottom beam width
• 6 cm upper beam width on 10 cm bottom beam width

The beam can be horizontal or the tripods height can be adjusted to make a slope.

The goal box and beams are easy to remove/assemble using manual screws below the beam.

NEW CATCH NET OPTION!

The 76-116/LE782CN “catch net” can be used to ensure that the animals do not injure themselves if they fall (optional item).