Mouse Metabolic Treadmill: Fully automated treadmill for routine exercise studies…
Measuring the Metabolic Costs of Exercise
The Mouse Metabolic Treadmill is an enclosed, single chamber treadmill designed specifically for the metabolic measurement of mice. The treadmill optimizes metabolic measurement with a wide range of settings for inclination, speed, and acceleration—including four options for stimulating the mouse to exercise. Integrated with the Promethion Core metabolic system and Promethion Live software, the treadmill provides real-time system monitoring and graphing of experimental data. If you prefer a dedicated treadmill system with the same metabolic performance, click here to learn more.
What are the Key Features & Benefits
- Highest resolution gas analyzers (H2O, O2 and CO2 standard; 13CO2, and CH4 optional)
- Automated self-leveling ensures incline accuracy
- Mouse-activated auditory, blue light and shock stimuli as well as manual brush stimulus
- Programmable incline, speed, and acceleration
- Chamber design eliminates user air contamination
- Optimized for metabolic measurement with no dead space
- Includes several high contrast backgrounds to enhance video recording
- Real-time experiment monitoring by Promethion Live software
Applications
The Mouse Metabolic Treadmill enables cardiorespiratory fitness tests analogous to human fitness tests. These include sub-maximal and maximal tests to assess VO2max. Tests may be single or multistage. Short test duration enables many tests to be completed per day. The high-performance gas analyzers resolve rapid respirometry changes to quantify the degree of change in response to changing speed or incline (including changes in fuel utilization). Semi-quantitative assessment of fuel utilization is determined by the respiratory exchange ratio.
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