Accession Number:

AD0744635

Title:

Design and Operation of an Exercise Device for Subhuman Primates

Descriptive Note:

Technical note

Corporate Author:

ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD

Personal Author(s):

• Curran, C. R.
• Wiegel, W. R.
• Stevens, D. N.

Report Date:

1972-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

The construction of an activity wheel to exercise subhuman primates is described and a sample cumulative record of steady-state responding is presented. The wheel consists of a Lucite and aluminum bar circular cage which rotates freely on four roller bearings inside two stationaly Lucite walls. The aluminum bars act as a circular treadmill and as a shock grid for conditioning the animals. A free-operant avoidance paradigm utilizing visual and auditory control stimuli can be used to condition and maintain stable rates of responding. Pressplates and one-plane readouts are also installed on one stationary wall to permit the training of animals to additional discriminated avoidance tasks.

Descriptors:

• *PRIMATES
• TRAINING
• EXERCISE(PHYSIOLOGY)
• ANIMALS

Subject Categories:

• Anatomy and Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE