Low-cost, open-source device for simultaneously subjecting rodents to different circadian cycles of light, food, and temperature.

ABSTRACT: Exposure of experimental rodents to controlled cycles of light, food, and temperature is important when investigating alterations in circadian cycles that profoundly influence health and disease. However, applying such stimuli simultaneously is difficult in practice. We aimed to design, build, test, and open-source describe a simple device that subjects a conventional mouse cage to independent cycles of physiologically relevant environmental variables. The device is based on a box enclosing the rodent cage to modify the light, feeding, and temperature environments. The device provides temperature-controlled air conditioning (heating or cooling) by a Peltier module and includes programmable feeding and illumination. All functions are set by a user-friendly front panel for independent cycle

SUBMITTER: Farre R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10904513 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature