Actimetrics

Actimetrics makes automated systems for animal behavioral testing. We emphasize ease of use and the application of modern signal and image processing techniques to current problems in neuroscience. We work closely with our users to make each system a natural extension of the experiment itself. Dozens of features designed for high throughput data collection and analysis benefit large and small users alike.

In November 2023, Actimetrics was acquired by Lafayette Instrument Company.

Lafayette Instrument Company has over 75 years of experience engineering, manufacturing high quality scientific instrumentation and data acquisition equipment for disciplines such as biology, neuroscience, pharmaceutical and medical research, physical therapy and rehabilitation, security, and law enforcement. By joining forces with Actimetrics, Lafayette Instrument reinforces its commitment to offer the life science research community experiment-focused software and instrumentation with unparalleled support.

NEWS

LumiCycle 32 can now record samples in 2 different colors, using color filters of your choice.

ClockLab Analysis Open License. In order to allow users to work at home during quarantine, ClockLab Analysis 6 is currently free for use on any computer. Download the latest version to activate the open license.

% Variance. This new version reports a new measurement of rhythm amplitude, % Variance, in the Periodogram window. See Antoni Díez-Noguera (2013) Methods for serial analysis of long time series in the study of biological rhythms. Journal of Circadian Rhythms 11:7.

ClockLab goes wireless. ClockLab now has a wireless option for monitoring activity. A compact transmitter placed on each cage monitors wheel turns or an infrared motion detector. Each transmitter also reports ambient light levels and temperature. Up to 500 channels can be monitored by a single computer. Batteries last for 5 years or more.

LumiCycle In Vivo records PER-LUC signal from awake behaving animals, controls skeleton light schedules, and monitors activity, light, temperature and humidity.

ClockLab
The most sophisticated and easy- to-use system available for data collection and analysis for Circadian Biology.

LumiCycle
Luminometry for circadian biology. Photon counting from PER-LUC and other luciferase-coupled proteins. Automated analysis of circadian parameters.

LimeLight and WaterMaze Video Tracking
Video tracking for mazes, novel object, place preference, water maze, and more. High throughput with unique batch analysis capabilities.

FreezeFrame
A video-based, 4-channel system for Fear Conditioning, Tail Suspension and Porsolt Swim Test that rivals the human observer in sensitivity.

MultiCycle
Circadian analysis for multi-well plate readers. Extract periods, phases and damping parameters from 48-, 96-, 192- and 384-well plates.

Cell Cycle
Circadian analysis for single PER-LUC labeled cells. Extract cycle parameters from image stacks recorded from cooled CCD cameras.

Mazes – Arenas – Pools
Standard and Custom built setups from Phenome Technologies for behavioral experiments.

Circadian Chambers
Light-tight chambers for circadian experiments from Phenome Technologies, with temperature and humidity monitors, and light controls.

Automated systems for animal behavioral testing.

NEWS

Automated systems for
animal behavioral testing.