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   An Arbitrary Waveform Wearable Neuro‑stimulator System for Neurophysiology Research on Freely Behaving Animals  
   
نویسنده Mosayebi Saman Mohsen ,Mahnam Amin ,Hosseini Nasrin
منبع journal of medical signals and sensors - 2014 - دوره : 4 - شماره : 2 - صفحه:94 -102
چکیده    Portable wireless neuro stimulators have been developed to facilitate long term cognitive and behavioral studies on the centralnervous system in freely moving animals. these stimulators can provide precisely controllable input(s) to the nervous system, without distracting the animal attention with cables connected to its body. in this study, a low power backpack neuro stimulator was developed for animal brain researches that can provides arbitrary stimulus waveforms for the stimulation, while it is small and light weight to be used for small animals including rats. the system consists of a controller that uses an rf link to program and activate a small and light microprocessor based stimulator. a howland current source was implemented to produce precise current controlled arbitrary waveform stimulations. the system was optimized for ultra low power consumption and small size. the stimulator was first tested for its electrical specifications. then its performance was evaluated in a rat experiment when electrical stimulation of medial longitudinal fasciculus induced circling behavior. the stimulator is capable of delivering programmed stimulations up to ± 2 ma with adjusting steps of 1 µa, accuracy of 0.7% and compliance of 6 v. the stimulator is 15 mm × 20 mm × 40 mm in size, weights 13.5 g without battery and consumes a total power of only 5.l mw. in the experiment, the rat could easily carry the stimulator and demonstrated the circling behavior for 0.1 ms current pulses of above 400 µa. the developed system has a competitive size and weight, whereas providing a wide range of operation and the flexibility of generating arbitrary stimulation patterns ideal for long term experiments in the field of cognitive and neuroscience research.
کلیدواژه Electrical stimulation ,neurophysiology ,programmable current stimulator ,ultra low power
آدرس isfahan university of medical sciences, Medical Image and Signal Processing Research Center, ایران. university of isfahan, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, ایران, isfahan university of medical sciences, Medical Image and Signal Processing Research Center, ایران. university of isfahan, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, ایران, isfahan university of medical sciences, School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, ایران
 
     
   
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