experiment five: microstimulation
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Experiment Five: Microstimulation. Since nerves use electricity to communicate, they can be manipulated with electricity as well. Luigi Galvni discovered in the 1700s that electricity applied to the nerves of frog legs caused the large muscles to twitch. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Experiment Five: Microstimulation
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Since nerves use electricity to communicate, they can be
manipulated with electricity as well
Luigi Galvni discovered in the 1700s that electricity applied to the nerves of frog legs caused the large
muscles to twitch
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Is “animal” electricity different than the electricity of lightening storms?
Galvani hung frog legs off his back porch during thunderstorms and watched the legs twitch.
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Can electricity applied to brain modify body function?
Hitzig and Fritsch (1870): applied electrical current to dog cerebral cortex showed that stimulating different parts of brain causes
different types of movement
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Present Day Neuromodulation Applications
Deep Brain Stimulation Retinal Prosthetic
Which can help the symptoms of Parkinson’s but sometimes causes increased complusive behavior like gambling
implanted chip
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Exercise 1: Cockroach Leg Microstimulation Set up
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Exercise 2: Response of motor neurons to amplitude and frequency
High amplitudeLow frequency
Low amplitudeHigh frequency
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High amplitude = More Neural Tissue Affected
High frequency = Individual Neurons Firing More Spikes (up to a limit?)
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Exercise 3: Recording and spike patterns from ganglia
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Identify relationships between leg movements and ganglia spike patterns
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Exercise 3B: Stimulation of metathoracic ganglion/ Effect of spike patterns and amplitude on movement
“Copy Paste” or “Read Write”
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Exercise 3B: Stimulation of metathoracic ganglion/ Effect of spike patterns and amplitude on movement