Title :
A compact wireless multi-channel system for real-time intracortical microstimulation of behaving rodents
Author :
Angotzi, Gian Nicola ; Boi, F. ; Zordan, S. ; Vato, Alessandro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Robot., Fondazione Ist. Italiano di Tecnol., Genova, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we present a compact wireless 8-channels stimulating system specifically designed to deliver patterns of electrical stimuli into the cortex of freely behaving small laboratory animals. The stimuli are designed as trains of bi-phasic current pulses with programmable duration, frequency and amplitude using a LabVIEW based graphical user interface. The reduced weight of the stimulation control unit and the possibility to directly connect it to a behavioral box, makes the system suitable to be worn by rodents while performing behavioral experiments.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; brain; graphical user interfaces; medical computing; neurophysiology; virtual instrumentation; wireless channels; LabVIEW based graphical user interface; behaving rodents; biphasic current pulse train; compact wireless 8-channel stimulating system; compact wireless multichannel system; cortex; electrical stimuli; freely behaving small laboratory animals; programmable duration; real-time intracortical microstimulation; stimulation control unit; Electrical stimulation; Electrodes; Graphical user interfaces; Rodents; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Engineering (NER), 2013 6th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/NER.2013.6696107
