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An inhalation chamber for behavioral toxicology studies is described. Complete and uniform diffusion of test atmospheres throughout the chamber is achieved, thus solving a dead-airspace problem prevalent in extant chamber designs. Modular attachments to the chamber allow for a variety of uses, including physiological-pathological and classical or operant conditioning. The chamber design and size are appropriate for testing most small laboratory animals (e.g., birds, rodents, and small primates), but the chamber is easily modified for use with larger vertebrates. Despite the versatility of design, the chamber is relatively inexpensive and easy to build.
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The design and construction of this apparatus were supported by Grant NR 201-459 from the office of Naval Research, under the direction of the junior author. The authors wish to thank Tom Hellesto, who contributed to the design and directed the construction of the chamber, Thanks also are due Barbara J. Vail and Bryan Kulak, who used and tested the chambers in a CTA experiment supported by the same ONR grant. Blue prints for constructing the chamber are available on request.
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Prusaczyk, W.K., Fischer, G.J. A small-animal inhalation chamber for short-to-intermediate term exposure. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 15, 369–373 (1983). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03203661
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