Lafayette Instrument Company

American instrument manufacturer for life-science and physiology research (headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana; European office in Loughborough, UK). Best known in behavioural neuroscience for the Monkey CANTAB IntelliStation — the non-human primate test station for the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (cantab) — and as the US distributor of the Bussey-Saksida rodent touchscreen chambers built by campden-instruments. The wider brand group also lists ALZET, Aurora Scientific and Sutter Instrument.

Products relevant to cognitive testing

• Monkey CANTAB IntelliStation (Model 80950A, pellet reward) — self-contained NHP test station: per-station Intel CPU, Ethernet networking, remote operation; 14.875-in splash-proof IR touchscreen over an LCD, response lever, 190 mg pellet dispenser; CANTAB + WhiskerServer software licensed per station. Developed with T.W. Robbins and A.C. Roberts (University of Cambridge); pellet reward favoured for rhesus macaques, with optional liquid-reward lick tubes. See automated-cognitive-testing-devices.
• Bussey-Saksida touchscreen chambers — US distribution of the Campden-manufactured chambers for CANTAB-family tasks in rats and mice (up to 20 mice per PC).
• Other behavioural and physiology lines: motor-activity monitoring, reflex and general physiology instruments.

Related pages

automated-cognitive-testing-devices | cantab | campden-instruments

References

• Lafayette Life Science — Monkey CANTAB Intellistation with Pellet Reward, product code 80950A. https://lafayettelifescience.com/products/cantab-intellistation-pellet/
• Campden Instruments — Bussey-Saksida Rodent Touch Screen Chambers (translational-science note crediting Robbins & Roberts for Monkey CANTAB). https://campdeninstruments.com/listing/bussey-saksida-touch-chambers/