The ideal environment for video tracking

PhenoTyper

Do you want to have a singular system that can be used for countless research applications? PhenoTyper offers a consistent and adaptable environment for all your tests.

  • Customizable to your specific experimental needs
  • Seamless integration with video tracking (EthoVision XT)
  • From short-term behavioral observations to 24/7 long-term tests
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What is PhenoTyper?

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Whether it is social interaction, novel object or long term behavioral observation, PhenoTyper is the best environment to house and observe your animals.

If the PhenoTyper is the body, then EthoVision XT is the brain. Through integration with EthoVision XT you can:

  • program stimuli like light or sounds
  • automatically track the movement of up to two rats or mice.
  • seamlessly analyze your collected data with EthoVision XT

Want to know more about what can be done with PhenoTyper? Check out the some of the other ways researchers have used PhenoTyper.

What can I use it for?

Developing new treatments with PhenoTyper

Dr. Jean-Claude do Rego and Dr. Jean-Luc do Rego of the Behavioral Analysis Facility of the University of Rouen, are evaluating the behavioral and functional activities of new pharmacological drugs.

Watch the video to learn more about why they selected PhenoTyper for their research.

Mice avoidance learning

Free PhenoTyper case study

Avoidance behavior requires learning, memory, and flexibility. Deficits in those behaviors are core symptoms of many psychiatric disorders. The research project presented in this case study focuses on the complex behavioral response of avoidance learning in mice, using an unsupervised, automated high throughput system: the PhenoTyper.

I can assess the behavior of the rats for a long time, which is not possible with other behavioral setups. Animals can just stay in the PhenoTyper, without any stress, without any exposure to the new environment, we can look at their behavior in the home cage.

Mina Sadighi Alvandi, PhD

Donders Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Why should I use PhenoTyper?

Introducing PhenoTyper to your lab makes performing research a lot easier. This one system can be used for a myriad of tests, and the uniform design of the cages increases repeatability and robustness of your experiments.

What can I use PhenoTyper for?

PhenoTyper has been used in a great variety of studies, from long-term homecage observations to short behavioral tests and optogenetics. Do you want to know more about how What you can achieve with PhenoTyper? Then, follow the link below.

How do you use PhenoTyper?

If PhenoTyper is the body, than EthoVision XT is the brain. PhenoTyper is fully programmable by EthoVision, which limits the interactions the animals have with technicians and researchers. Read more about how to use PhenoTyper on the methodology page.

How do I expand my PhenoTyper setup?

PhenoTyper can be customized to your research needs. PhenoTyper comes in a variety of sizes and with various add-ons. Think pellet dispensers, shelters, running wheels or equipment for optogenetics. Discover all the ways you can personalize your PhenoTyper on the add-ons page.

Learn more about PhenoTyper

Because of its customizability, the PhenoTyper is a great fit for many types of behavioral research. Many researchers have gone before you and have made great use of the PhenoTyper in a wide variety of behavioral research applications.

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