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Newsletter
- Edition Eight
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December
4, 2008
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AES 2008 (American Epilepsy
Society) - Seattle, WA - December 5 - 9, 2008
Neuralynx will be attending the AES 2008 Annual
Meeting and would like to see you. Our booth number is 138.
SFN 2008 - Neuralynx
would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth at the recent SFN
2008 Trade Show in Washington, D.C. If you have any
questions or concerns on any of our new or older products, please email
us at: sales@neuralynx.com
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Reminder -
Please make sure our new address is for both billing and shipping
addresses within your system. Our new address is: 105
Commercial Dr. Bozeman, MT 59715.
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TECHNICAL TIP OF THE
DAY - Properly Connecting & Disconnecting Animals from
Headstages
by: Casey
Stengel
A couple of customers have inquired about the proper steps to connect/disconnect
animals to/from the headstage. Most users connect/disconnect the
headstage to/from the animal (EIB) but, due to some custom headgear
designs some customers must first connect/disconnect the tether from
the headstage. Here are a couple of notes and procedures.
When disconnecting the Headstage from the Animal's EIB you may have the
headstage powered ON or OFF. When a headstage is powered ON the
leakage current from the inputs is in the picoamp range and will not
cause any excessive current flow thru the electrodes. Most users
make the Headstage/EIB connection first and then power ON the
headstage. This is preferred because both the Digital Lynx and
the ERP-27 will apply both power supplies (+/- 5v)
simultaneously. Each system contains circuitry that will prevent
applying power if one of the supplies is missing or too low.
If you need to disconnect the tether connection from the headstage
(between the recording system or commutator and the headstage) ALWAYS
turn the headstage power OFF when making/breaking this
connection. This is because the two power supplies (+/-5v) CAN
NOT be disconnected simultaneously when performed by hand. This
can cause excessive leakage current down the electrode for a very short
duration, but it does not take much leakage current to damage cells
around an electrode tip.
Always wear a ground wrist strap when handling the animals for
connection/disconnection to avoid cell damage due to static discharge
built up on your body!
Also note, there is no risk of harm/damage to the electrodes/tissue if
the headstage is powered ON and the animal disconnects it's EIB from
the Headstage (bungee jumping or from shaking).
If you have questions on this system feature feel free to contact
Technical Support at Support@Neuralynx.com or give us a call.
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TRACKING
THE STATUS OF YOUR ORDER
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ordering, checking up on an order's status, or shipping details, please
be sure to use our sales@neuralynx.com
email address.
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TECH
SUPPORT ISSUES
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tech support questions, please be sure to use our support@neuralynx.com
email address.
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THE
NEURALYNX MISSION STATEMENT
"We
are the preferred provider of high quality electrophysiology hardware and
software solutions for the neuroscience research community and the
specific markets of epilepsy research and multi-unit neurosurgery
support."
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©
Copyright 2008, Neuralynx,Inc., All Rights Reserved.
105
Commercial Dr., Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone: (406)
585-4542 Fax: (406) 585-9034
sales@neuralynx.com
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