Arrangements for supporting an animal under investigation while monitoring one or more brain processes

A mobile platform and air table arrangement, comprising:

• an air table platform defining a perforated upper surface and a plurality of apertures each in fluid communication with a source of air under pressure to facilitate emission of a constant flow of air;
• and
• a mobile platform having
• a base defining an upwardly facing surface and a downwardly facing surface;
• at least one sidewall circumscribing the upwardly facing surface, the at least one sidewall being dimensioned and arranged to confine an animal supported by the upwardly facing surface during movement of the mobile platform relative to a perforated upper surface of an air table;
• and
• at least one partition wall dimensioned and arranged to divide the downwardly facing surface into a plurality of downwardly facing open compartments,
• wherein the mobile platform is adapted to perform a gliding motion over the perforated upper surface in response to an external acceleration force to the mobile platform.

A mobile platform and air table arrangement, comprising:

• an air table platform defining a perforated upper surface and a plurality of apertures each in fluid communication with a source of air under pressure to facilitate emission of a constant flow of air;
• and
• a mobile platform having
• a base defining an upwardly facing surface and a downwardly facing surface;
• at least one sidewall circumscribing the upwardly facing surface, the at least one sidewall being dimensioned and arranged to confine an animal supported by the upwardly facing surface during movement of the mobile platform relative to a perforated upper surface of an air table;
• and
• at least one partition wall dimensioned and arranged to divide the downwardly facing surface into a plurality of downwardly facing open compartments,
• wherein the mobile platform is adapted to perform a gliding motion over the perforated upper surface in response to application of an acceleration force to the mobile platform, and
• wherein the base defines a first profile having a first maximum dimension, wherein the perforated upper surface defines a second profile having a second maximum dimension, and wherein a ratio of the second maximum dimension to the first maximum dimension is less than 2 to 1.