Restraint chair with rowing-like movement for exposing exercising nonhuman primates to microwave irradiation

Design and construction of a Styrofoam exercise restraint chair is described for use with rhesus monkeys exposed to microwaves. Monkeys usually learn the rowing-like motion of the device within five 1-hour conditioning sessions. Radiation intensity measure of the chair and an example animal experiment demonstrated the chair's suitability for bioelectromagnetic studies. Results of a series of base-line behavioral sessions demonstrated concomitant exercise work load effects on colonic temperature, heart rate, correct response rate, and post-reinforcement pause time. With additional instrumentation, detection of minute disturbances of integrated psychological and physiological mechanisms by unusual environmental factors may be possible.