title: Computer programs for calibrating control electrode voltages and for conditioning working electrodes for a neurochemical voltammetry system.
abstract: Two computer programs are described which are used to set voltages, calibrate the system, and cyclically condition electrodes electrically in an electrochemical system. This voltammetry system is normally used for measurement of monoamines in neurochemical studies. The system uses an Apple II, a potentiostat, and a DAS-5 interface between the two. The calibration program is used to establish the numerical values needed by the DAS-5 interface from the computer to yield desired potentiostat voltages, to calibrate the potentiostat, and to set output voltages of the system to be safe for the electrode and neural tissue before the potentiostat is turned on. Another program is used to condition electrodes as required in some cases to establish discriminably different oxidation potentials for different electroactive compounds (monoamines and ascorbate).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000032:analysis; D003201:Computers; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D009417:Nerve Tissue / Q000032:analysis*; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D001679:Biogenic Amines