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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2020

Modular Current Stimulation System for Pre-clinical Studies.

Soheil Mottaghi, Niloofar Afshari, Oliver Buchholz, Samuel Liebana, Ulrich G Hofmann

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. [Design and application of neural electrical stimulation system with time-varying parameters].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Soheil MottaghiSection for Neuroelectronic Systems, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Niloofar AfshariSection for Neuroelectronic Systems, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Oliver BuchholzSection for Neuroelectronic Systems, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Samuel LiebanaDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Ulrich G HofmannSection for Neuroelectronic Systems, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electric stimulators with precise and reliable outputs are an indispensable part of electrophysiological research. From single cells to deep brain or neuromuscular tissue, there are diverse targets for electrical stimulation. Even though commercial systems are available, we state the need for a low-cost, high precision, functional, and modular (hardware, firmware, and software) current stimulation system with the capacity to generate stable and complex waveforms for pre-clinical research. The system presented in this study is a USB controlled 4-channel modular current stimulator that can be expanded and generate biphasic arbitrary waveforms with 16-bit resolution, high temporal precision (μs), and passive charge balancing: the NES STiM (Neuro Electronic Systems Stimulator). We present a detailed description of the system's structural design, the controlling software, reliability test, and the pre-clinical studies [deep brain stimulation (DBS) in hemi-PD rat model] in which it was utilized. The NES STiM has been tested with MacOS and Windows operating systems. Interfaces to MATLAB source codes are provided. The system is inexpensive, relatively easy to build and can be assembled quickly. We hope that the NES STiM will be used in a wide variety of neurological applications such as Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES), DBS and closed loop neurophysiological research.

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arbitrary waveformbiphasic stimulationcurrent stimulationdeep brain stimulationModular current source

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PMCPMC7203490

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