A Wireless EEG Recording Method for Rat Use inside the Water Maze.

ABSTRACT: With the continued miniaturisation of portable embedded systems, wireless EEG recording techniques are becoming increasingly prevalent in animal behavioural research. However, in spite of their versatility and portability, they have seldom been used inside water-maze tasks designed for rats. As such, a novel 3D printed implant and waterproof connector is presented, which can facilitate wireless water-maze EEG recordings in freely-moving rats, using a commercial wireless recording system (W32; Multichannel Systems). As well as waterproofing the wireless system, battery, and electrode connector, the implant serves to reduce movement-related artefacts by redistributing movement-related forces away from the electrode connector. This implant/connector was able to successfully record high-qualit

SUBMITTER: Pinnell RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4734832 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature