Features:

• Configure up to 8 independent avoidance chambers for rapid testing of subjects
• Ensure data accuracy by setting up your study in advance
• Run the entire system from your laptop or PC using a standard USB port
• Deploy continuous testing with independent station starts
• Choose an array of cues including non-heating LED house lights, user selectable auditory stimuli, and quiet auto door
• Switch between rats and mice in under 5 minutes using interchangeable grid floors

Dimensions
Outside: 26”(W) x 13”(D) x 17 1/4” (H) Inside: 9 1/2”(W) x 8”(D) x 8”(H) (each side)

Weight
35 lbs.

Material Composition
Acrylic and aluminum, stainless steel (Gate)

Maximum # Stations
8

# of Photobeams
16 infrared per enclosure

Photobeam Spacing
1”

Standard Cable Length
8 feet

Stimuli Options
Cue lights, house lights, sound, shock, gate

Color Options
Black

Stainless Steel Grids
28 for rats, 62 for mice

The GEMINI Active and Passive Avoidance System was designed specifically to test active and passive avoidance in rats and mice. Unlike many others, GEMINI’s hardware and software have been developed for the sole purpose of your avoidance study.

Easy to Use
GEMINI’s unique design allows you to run up to 8 independently operated stations directly from your laptop using a standard USB.  In addition, by allowing you to define a complete study in advance, GEMINI eliminates run time data entry that could affect the accuracy of your results.

Scrambled Shock Provides More Accurate Responses
The GEMINI animal shocker – a solid state feedback-controlled, constant current shocker uses 8 unique outputs to scramble the shock across the grid floor.  Scrambling the shock prevents the animal from determining a pattern and leads to more accurate responses.

Kinder, Gentler, Unconditioned Stimulus
The Gemini System offers an alternative air puff unconditioned stimulus. This is a kinder and gentler unconditioned stimulus.

GEMINI Optional Components

• Air puff stimulation unit (AIRSTIM)
• Additional test stations
• Mouse passive avoidance start box
• Grid floors (for rats or mice)