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Department:<\/strong> Zoology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Primary Investigator:<\/strong> Dr. Dawn Blitz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purpose:<\/strong>\u00a0I use the crab stomatogastric nervous system as a model system for studying plasticity of neural circuits.\u00a0 We perform many simultaneous intracellular (neuron and muscle) and extracellular (nerve) recordings.\u00a0 As we routinely place ~20 nerve recording electrodes but only have the capacity to record 8 simultaneously, we require the 20 channel switch boxes made by the instrumentation lab in order to be able to switch among the 20 recordings during an ongoing experiment, based on which ones we need to record at a particular time.\u00a0 As we are also performing intracellular recordings which are very sensitive to any vibrations, we cannot just plug and unplug our electrodes.\u00a0 The 20 channel switchbox allows us to smoothly change between recordings as many times as necessary without any disruption to other aspects of the experiment such as intracellular recordings.\u00a0 In addition, throughout the experiment we need to be able to stimulate nerves through the electrodes instead of recording them.\u00a0 The 20 channel switchbox allows us to stimulate up to 4 of any of the 20 electrodes and to change which 4 we stimulate throughout the course of the experiment.\u00a0 This flexibility is essential to our experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IL Comment:<\/strong> Dr. Blitz approached the Instrumentation Laboratory with an idea from a previously used system design (at her prior university) for 2, 20 channel independent signal switching systems. She was looking to have them redesigned and constructed by the Instrumentation Laboratory to be used in her research laboratory. The previous design had some flaws in it which provided for an inordinate amount of “cross talk” between the channels that produced system instability, given that the signals in her research lab experiments are in the 1-4 uV range. The Instrumentation Laboratory took the original design and improved upon it to reduce and\\or eliminate the “cross-talk” by redesigning some of the wiring paths and connections within the rack mount enclosure. The system was tested and verified to be correct thru the use of an Instrumentation Laboratory developed computer simulation program and off the shelf hardware.

The previous design had an original price of $1,800 per system (plus labor, estimated at $6,500 per system). The Instrumentation Laboratory was able to provide 2 systems for a total cost of $3,231.15 (for both systems, a savings of approximately $11,500); allowing the researcher to stretch their startup funds for their research laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cost to researcher:<\/strong> $3231.15<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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