The TD Drive

The TD Drive

While many methods already exist for recording brain activity, such as fMRI, calcium imaging, and cortical electrode implants, there are many limitations to each. Whether it is the inability to be freely-moving, the preference to cortical brain structures, or high...
FARESHARE

FARESHARE

Jude Frie and Jibran Khokhar of the Khokhar Lab at University of Western Ontario published their open-source tool, FARESHARE, in the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology in February 2024. FARESHARE (Fluid Acquisition Recording in Socially Housed Animal...
custom-fitting cranial implants

custom-fitting cranial implants

Dr. Zurna Ahmed and her colleagues in Dr. Alexander Gail’s sensorimotor lab at the German Primate Center in Göttingen, Germany published an open-source step-by-step guide for custom-fitting cranial implants. Previous sources for implant design and placement have...
RIVETS

RIVETS

Developed by Jason E. Osborne, Neurobiological Instrument and Systems Designer, and Joshua T. Dudman, Janelia Farm Group Leader at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, RIVETS is an open-source mechanical system for in vivo and in vitro electrophysiology and imaging in...
HERBS: Histological E-data Registration in rodent Brain Spaces

HERBS: Histological E-data Registration in rodent Brain Spaces

One of the keys to understanding neural correlates of behavior is to understand neural coordinates that we study with various probes. Traditional paper atlases have served as a key tool for researchers both mapping plans for experiments and assessing the histological...