Conditioned place preference is a commonly used technique to assess preferences for environmental stimuli that have been associated with a positive or negative reward.

 

Material

Solid grey PVC; inner surfaces of side chambers covered with contrast striped black and white film; Floor: stainless steel parallel wires (1st chamber) and rectangular grid (2nd chamber).

Key features

Visual cues (vertical 1.5cm/1.5cm black/white stripes, horizontal 3cm/3cm black/white stripes) are combined with different floor structure (2mm wires separated by 8mm, 2mm 10x10mm grid, 8x8mm between the wires). Floors are detachable.

A plastic tray is put below the floor of side chamber.

Dimensions

	for rats
side chamber	30 x 30 cm
central chamber	12 x 30 cm
wall height	40 cm
doorways	rectangular, 10 x 10 cm

Components included

3-chamber setup; grid floor, wire floor, two trays;