title: A simple miniature device for wireless stimulation of neural circuits in small behaving animals.
abstract: The use of wireless neural stimulation devices offers significant advantages for neural stimulation experiments in behaving animals. We demonstrate a simple, low-cost and extremely lightweight wireless neural stimulation device which is made from off-the-shelf components. The device has low power consumption and does not require a high-power RF preamplifier. Neural stimulation can be carried out in either a voltage source mode or a current source mode. Using the device, we carry out wireless stimulation in the premotor brain area HVC of a songbird and demonstrate that such stimulation causes rapid perturbations of the acoustic structure of the song.
authors: Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States.
authors: Yisi
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Bruce
authors: B
authors: Langford
authors: Alexay
authors: A
authors: Kozhevnikov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D046369:Finches / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation*