Universal 16-channel extracellular recording system

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USB-ME16-FAI-System

Standard Configuration

Here we put all our experience into:

2 lightweight eight channel head stages suitable even for smaller animals.One 16 channel filter amplifier I-Type: the amplifier includes a common ground and one reference electrode input. This allows the measurement of the voltage difference between the electrodes and one reference electrode. This provides a superior common-mode noise rejection.16 digital in- and output bits.And the whole system with true USB 2.0 transfer rate.

You need a specific solution for your setup?No problem.We can offer the following solutions for you: adapter for the 16 channel Michigan probe from Neuronexus, adapter for the 8trode from ALA Scientific,direct connection to the electrodes from F. Haer

Do we have the right adapter for you?If not, please do not hesitate to ask us. We will certainly find a solution that fits to your needs, too.

What you will expect:

The standard configuration includes all hard- and software components, everything you need to start your experiment immediately:Therefore 2 miniature preamplifiers, each with eight channels, and a compatible 16 channel filter amplifier belong to the system.A standard USB-cable establishes the connection to your PC or laptop. Therefore you are not restricted to a certain computer anymore and you can use this configuration everywhere you want, and you will be saving space on your experimental setup.As a matter of fact, the data acquisition software is included - flexible for a multitude of applications. At regular intervals, software updates can be downloaded free of charge from our website at any time.So you get a complete all-in-one solution for a variety of in-vivo applications. And the easy installation saves time for your real objectives.However should you still have some questions, take advantage of more than 10 years of our experience. Our support team will be open for all your queries.

Software

Offline features of MC_Rack:

Don’t miss anything - review the raw data and extract additional parameters offline after the experiments.You can adjust spike detection or analyzer settings and rerun your experiment any number of times.Take the computer performance to the limit and extract multiple parameters in parallel, for example, signal rate, peak-peak amplitude, slope 10/90 % and more.

Online features of MC_Rack:

You can select any number of channels, record unmodified raw data, or filtered data, and/or spike cutouts. The flexible data stream management makes all that possible.Online filtering, spike sorting, local field potential (LFP) extraction, and triggering allows you to monitor parameters during the running experiment and saves offline analysis time.And for ultimate experimental control, you can integrate the program controls (DLL) into your own custom software.More flexibility is not possible.

The main power of the MC_Rack data acquisition software is its great flexibility:You can combine various virtual instruments according to your experimental setup. It is up to you, which data streams are displayed on the screen, which are saved, which are analyzed, and so on.It is highly adaptable with essentially unlimited possibilities for all demanding applications: Acute and chronic in vivo experiments, brain and heart ex vivo preparations, LTP experiments and many more.We strived to create a user friendly and flexible software that perfectly matches the requirements of your specific experiment.Get started quickly with a comprehensible tutorial and help function and if you still have open questions, our support team is open to all of your queries.

Additional Feautures

Features of NeuroExplorer:

This analysis software package is perfect for statistical analysis of spike trains and other event data.It features standard histogram, raster, and correlational analyses for both point events (e.g. spikes, behavioral events) and continuous variables (e.g. field potentials), joint PSTH, burst analysis and many more.You receive truly editable graphics — you can add labels, header, and footer to your data. Just copy and paste graphics to any other program.You can directly transfer the results to Excel or to Matlab using COM interface.All parameters and algorithms are described in the comprehensible help. There is also a powerful built-in scripting engine to edit your data or simply to run analyses in batch mode.

MC_Rack export features:

You can easily export graphics as bitmap or ASCII directly from the software to your presentation or spreadsheet.Or just pick out your favourite offline analysis tool, as the data file format is compatible with various programs, like NeuroExplorer and Spike 2.MC_Rack also supports Neuroshare- a universal file format for data recorded with electrophysiological methods.And as additional tool you can use the powerful data file handling of MC_DataTool: export raw data or spike cutouts from selected channels of interest as Axon Binary File (*.abf), ASCII file (*txt), or as binary file (*.raw).

As a large number of scientists use our software now for many years, our data format is being read by the most important analysis tools like NeuroExplorer, Spike2 and further more.Over 10 years of experience and always custom-oriented further development- It pays.And remember: all software updates can be downloaded from our website, without any additional costs.

Technical Data

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