ADInstruments, a supplier of data acquisition and analysis for life science researchers, has released Neuro Amp EX amplifier system, designed specifically for recording extracellular potentials
Neuroscientists who require high-quality, ultra low-noise recordings from both animal and human subjects can achieve these results when using the Neuro Amp EX with ADInstruments's PowerLab data acquisition and analysis systems.
The Neuro Amp EX is the latest addition to ADInstruments range of neuroscience products and integrates seamlessly with PowerLab hardware and Chart and Scope software.
The Neuro Amp EX includes an amplifier unit and shielded headstage whose amplification and filtering settings are controlled from within Chart or Scope.
This enables users to manage the acquisition, recording and analysis of neural signals from a single software interface, offering neuroscientists ease-of-use and convenience.
The new hardware is designed for use with commercially available high-impedance metal microelectrodes.
Due to the noise associated with these electrodes and the high-gain required for recording nerve signals, the Neuro Amp EX Headstage provides preamplification gain of 100x and a 10Hz filter.
The result is a slimline headstage with ultra-low noise and an exceptional signal to noise ratio.
The Neuro Amp EX also gives the user further amplification and filtering options (100Hz-5kHz), including high-pass, notch and mains filters.
The Neuro Amp EX is certified safe for human as well as animal use as both the headstage and amplifier are fully isolated from the mains circuitry.
This allows neuroscientists to use the same hardware in a wide variety of extracellular studies.
The instrument is ideal for research incorporating microneurography techniques.
Human applications include multi-unit and single-unit recordings from peripheral nerves (for example, sympathetic nerve recordings), and single unit recordings from muscle fibres.
Typical animal applications include whole nerve and split-fibre nerve recordings, as well as microelectrode recordings from single neurons in the brain, spinal cord or ganglia.
