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ArticleAdvances in physiology education2021

A low-cost computational approach to analyze spiking activity in cockroach sensory neurons.

David J Torres, Andres Romero, Wes Colgan, Ulises M Ricoy

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Article in Advances in physiology education, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

David J TorresMathematics and Physical Science Department, Northern New Mexico College, Española, New Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2469-5284
Andres RomeroBiology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science Department, Northern New Mexico College, Española, New Mexico.
Wes ColganBiology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science Department, Northern New Mexico College, Española, New Mexico.
Ulises M RicoyBiology, Chemistry, and Environmental Science Department, Northern New Mexico College, Española, New Mexico.
Northern New Mexico College · USUniversity of Arizona · US

Funding

NM-INBRE Sequencing and Bioinformatics CoreP20GM103451 · NIGMS · NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY LAS CRUCES · PI Charlotte C. Gard · 2012 to 2026
$61.2M
Phase II of BUILDing SCHOLARSUL1GM118970 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI ALEY, STEPHEN B, BOLAND, THOMAS · 2015 to 2023
$17.9M
Phase II of BUILDing SCHOLARS - Student Training CoreTL4GM118971 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI ALEY, STEPHEN B, BOLAND, THOMAS · 2015 to 2023
$9.9M
Phase II of BUILDing SCHOLARS - Research Enrichment CoreRL5GM118969 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI ALEY, STEPHEN B, BOLAND, THOMAS · 2015 to 2023
$7.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103451NIGMS NIH HHS RL5 GM118969NIGMS NIH HHS TL4 GM118971NIGMS NIH HHS UL1 GM118970
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Undergraduates use a spike sorting routine developed in Octave to analyze the spiking activity generated from mechanical stimulation of spines of cockroach legs with the inexpensive SpikerBox amplifier and the free software Audacity. Students learn the procedures involved in handling the cockroaches and recording extracellular action potentials (spikes) with the SpikerBox apparatus as well as the importance of spike sorting for analysis in neuroscience. The spike sorting process requires students to choose the spike threshold and spike selection criteria and interact with the clustering process that forms the groups of similar spikes. Once the spike groups are identified, interspike intervals and neuron firing frequencies can be calculated and analyzed. A classic neurophysiology lab exercise is thus adapted to be interdisciplinary for underrepresented students in a small rural college.

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CockroachesAction PotentialsAnimalsCluster AnalysisHumansModels, NeurologicalSensory Receptor CellsSoftwarecockroachesextracellular recordingsSpikerBox apparatusspike sorting

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PMID33661048
PMCPMC8091935
OpenAlexW3134550226

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