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may 31, 2013
PL2 is on its way, new cerestage™ 96 and the workshop scored a 9.4
Have you heard . . . . analyze large files 100x faster!
The 2013 guest speakers were:
As much more data from many more channels is being recorded year
•• Keynote Speaker: Douglas Weber – Rehab Neural Engineering Lab,
after year . . . . data analysis can take hours or even days for some labs.
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of
Plexon has the answer and we call it PL2.
Pittsburgh
•• PlexBright™ Optogenetic Stimulation System workshop:
This summer, Plexon will release this amazing – yet optional - new
Cyril Herry – Mangendie Neurocenter, Pathophysiology of Neural
file type along with all of the compatible spike sorting and analysis
Plasticity Department at the Université Bordeaux Segalen
programs. PL2 will enable the analysis of large files to be completed
•• OmniPlex Neural Data Acquisition System workshop:
hundreds of times faster!
Matthew Bauman – Rehab Neural Engineering Lab, Department of
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh
Stay tuned for more information and the launch announcement.
Announcing the CereStage 96 channel Headstage
This is exciting news for all Plexon OmniPlex® or MAP Data Acquisition
System customers using the Utah Array in their research. We have just
launched the CereStage 96 channel unity, gain headstage specifically
designed to work with the Utah Array utilizing the ICS style connector.
This is a significant improvement over the previous solution in size and
simplicity with a much more secure connection.
Click for more information on the CereStage 96 , or email a sales engineer
at [email protected].
2013 Neurophysiology Workshop Scores a Record 9.4
Thank you to all of the 2013 Annual Plexon Neurophysiology Workshop
guest speakers and attendees who made this year’s workshop the
best ever! Post-workshop surveys revealed a score of 9.4 out of 10.0
in the category “How likely are you to recommend this workshop to a
colleague?” We were already thrilled with last year’s score of 8.9, but
could not be happier with the outcome this May.
Attendees were largely international with 64% coming from outside
the US. Additionally, this is the first year we hosted international guest
speakers. Attendees completed three full days of interactive instruction
totaling more than 25 hours of training.
We would like to express our appreciation once again for the guest
speakers whose practical experiences made the instruction that much
more relevant to all participants.
•• CinePlex® Behavioral Research System workshop: Sanjay Anand –
Regenerative Neurobiology Lab, Department of Bioengineering at the
University of Texas at Arlington
•• U-Probe workshop: Luca Bonini – Brain Center for Social and Motor
Cognition, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
We would be remiss if we did not also recognize the untapped bowlingprowess exhibited during the social event! The winners in the following
categories are:
1st Place, Highest Scoring Team:
Luca Bonini, Sherman Wiebe, Xiechaun Weng, Daniel Yu &
Ruud van Zessen
2nd Place, Highest Scoring Team:
Jonathon Combs, Cyril Herry, Robert Rozeske, Demetrio Sierra,
Tyler Simpson & Doug Weber
Highest Individual Score: Daniel Yu
Most Strikes: Nicolette Ognjanovski
Most Spares: Julien Courtin
Congratulations to all of the players, and a special thank you to Matt
Bauman for his instructions at the opening of the event that led to
these accomplishments.
The specific dates for the 2014 Workshop will be announced in the
coming months; however, it is likely to take place in the April/May
timeframe once again. To secure your seat in the next workshop and/
or if it is easier for your lab, individual registrations at an especially low
price can be included on a system quote anytime of the year. Ask your
sales engineer about the options, or email [email protected].
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Documentation Push – New and Revised Technical
Innovation for the Next 30 Years
Guides Available
Plexon is in the middle of a huge documentation push! We are
developing new technical guides, data sheets, and manuals faster than
ever. Further, we are performing a wide scale review and updating
of existing user materials. Check out a few of the newest documents
including:
•• The new OmniPlex User Guide,
•• The new U-Probe Technical Guide,
•• The expanded and revised Headstage Referencing Guide,
•• The revised Headstage Tester Unit Guide,
•• Many new data sheets, and more.
For your convenience, you will find most of these documents in two
Plexon continues to celebrate its 30th year serving researchers
around the globe!
Research Spotlight
Let us know about your 2013 publication citing Plexon and our equipment
and we will send you a thank you award with a mug and a T-shirt! Send
notices, address and T-shirt size to [email protected].
locations: 1) on the specific product webpage, Resources tab, and 2) on
the Documentation webpage under the product or category name.
All articles listed are alphabetical based on first author within two
categories: articles published online in electronic-only journals or ahead of
Plexon’s President Speaks at IEEE Seminar
print, and articles published in full print.
Harvey Wiggins, Founder and President of Plexon Inc as well as Adjunct
Professor in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the
Recent articles published online in electronic-only journals or
University of Texas at Dallas, was the honored speaker at the IEEE
ahead of print:
Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS) Dallas Chapter Seminar last
•• Chan, Alexander M., Andrew R. Dykstra, Vinay Jayaram, Matthew K.
week. Harvey shared a discussion titled “Advances in Neurophysiology
and Neuro-stimulation Technologies and Their Applications in Healthcare”
to an eager crowd Friday, May 24.
Offline Sorter™ Promotion
Get in on our 30th Anniversary specials for Offline Sorter (OFS) version
3! When you purchase OFS v3, choose either a special pricing (~$1,000
savings) or an extra license ($2,000+ savings).
Email [email protected] to request a quote or place an order. This
promotion expires December 20, 2013.
Upcoming Events
•• Neuro2013: Joint meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society, the
Japanese Society for Neurochemistry, and the Japanese Neural Network
Society, June 20-23; Kyoto, Japan
•• Hong Kong Plexon’s Regional Workshop, July 22-24; Beijing, China
Leonard, Katherine E. Travis, Brian Gygi, Janet M. Baker et al. “SpeechSpecific Tuning of Neurons in Human Superior Temporal Gyrus.” Cerebral
Cortex (2013).
•• Englitz, Bernhard, Stephen V. David, Mike D. Sorenson, and Shihab
A. Shamma. “MANTA—an open-source, high density electrophysiology
recording suite for MATLAB.” Frontiers in Neural Circuits 7 (2013).
•• Hage, Steffen R., Natalja Gavrilov, and Andreas Nieder. “Cognitive
Control of Distinct Vocalizations in Rhesus Monkeys.” Journal of Cognitive
Neuroscience Early Access (2013): 1-10.
•• Kaufman, Matthew T., Mark M. Churchland, and Krishna V. Shenoy.
“The roles of monkey M1 neuron classes in movement preparation and
execution.” Journal of Neurophysiology (2013).
•• Kim, Jinhyung, Sung Eun Lee, Kyou Sik Min, Hyun Ho Jung, Ji Eun Lee,
Sung June Kim, and Jin Woo Chang. “Ventral posterolateral deep brain
stimulation treatment for neuropathic pain shortens pain response after
cold stimuli.” Journal of Neuroscience Research (2013).
•• Komura, Yutaka, Akihiko Nikkuni, Noriko Hirashima, Teppei Uetake,
and Aki Miyamoto. “Responses of pulvinar neurons reflect a subject’s
confidence in visual categorization.” Nature Neuroscience (2013).
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•• Kumar, S., L. Gu, N. Ghosh, and S. K. Mohanty. “Multifractal detrended
•• Ware, Taylor, Dustin Simon, Clive Liu, Tabassum Musa, Srikanth
fluctuation analysis of optogenetic modulation of neural activity.” In SPIE
Vasudevan, Andrew Sloan, Edward W. Keefer, Robert L. Rennaker, and
BiOS, pp. 858608-858608. International Society for Optics and Photonics,
Walter Voit. “Thiol-ene/acrylate substrates for softening intracortical
2013.
electrodes.” Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied
•• Leavitt, Matthew L., Florian Pieper, Adam Sachs, Ridha Joober, and
Biomaterials (2013).
Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo. “Structure of Spike Count Correlations Reveals
•• White, Brian J., Robert A. Marino, Susan E. Boehnke, Laurent Itti, Jan
Functional Interactions between Neurons in Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex
Theeuwes, and Douglas P. Munoz. “Competitive Integration of Visual
Area 8a of Behaving Primates.” PLOS ONE 8, no. 4 (2013): e61503.
and Goal-related Signals on Neuronal Accumulation Rate: A Correlate
•• Li, K., J. Patel, G. Purushothaman, R. T. Marion, and V. A. Casagrande.
of Oculomotor Capture in the Superior Colliculus.” Journal of Cognitive
“Retinotopic maps in the pulvinar of bush baby (Otolemur garnettii).”
Neuroscience Early Access (2013): 1-15.
Journal of Comparative Neurology (2013).
•• Zitnik, Gerard A., Brain D. Clark, and Barry D. Waterhouse. “The impact
•• Lippert, Michael T., Kentaroh Takagaki, Christoph Kayser, and Frank W.
of hemodynamic stress on sensory signal processing in the rodent lateral
Ohl. “Asymmetric Multisensory Interactions of Visual and Somatosensory
geniculate nucleus.” Brain Research (2013).
Responses in a Region of the Rat Parietal Cortex.” PLOS ONE 8, no. 5
(2013): e63631.
Recent articles published in full print:
•• Liu, Jun, Wei Wei, Hui Kuang, Fang Zhao, and Joe Z. Tsien. “Changes
•• Eiselt, Anne-Kathrin, and Andreas Nieder. “Representation of Abstract
in Heart Rate Variability Are Associated with Expression of Short-Term and
Quantitative Rules Applied to Spatial and Numerical Magnitudes in
Long-Term Contextual and Cued Fear Memories.” PLOS ONE 8, no. 5
Primate Prefrontal Cortex.” The Journal of Neuroscience 33, no. 17 (2013):
(2013): e63590.
7526-7534.
•• Pendyam, Sandeep, Christian Bravo-Rivera, Anthony Burgos-Robles,
•• Ibos, Guilhem, Jean-René Duhamel, and Suliann Ben Hamed. “A
Francisco Sotres-Bayon, Gregory J. Quirk, and Satish S. Nair. “Fear
Functional Hierarchy within the Parietofrontal Network in Stimulus
signaling in the prelimbic-amygdala circuit: A computational modeling and
Selection and Attention Control.” The Journal of Neuroscience 33, no. 19
recording study.” Journal of Neurophysiology (2013).
(2013): 8359-8369.
•• Pillow, Jonathan W., Jonathon Shlens, E. J. Chichilnisky, and Eero
•• Jhou, Thomas C., Cameron H. Good, Courtney S. Rowley, Sheng-ping
P. Simoncelli. “A Model-Based Spike Sorting Algorithm for Removing
Xu, Huikun Wang, Nathan W. Burnham, Alexander F. Hoffman, Carl R.
Correlation Artifacts in Multi-Neuron Recordings.” PLOS ONE 8, no. 5
Lupica, and Satoshi Ikemoto. “Cocaine Drives Aversive Conditioning via
(2013): e62123.
Delayed Activation of Dopamine-Responsive Habenular and Midbrain
•• Robitsek, R. Jonathan, John White, and Howard Eichenbaum. “R.
Pathways.” The Journal of Neuroscience 33, no. 17 (2013): 7501-7512.
Jonathan Robitsek, John White, Howard Eichenbaum.” Behavioural Brain
•• Jo, Yong Sang, Jane Lee, and Sheri JY Mizumori. “Effects of Prefrontal
Research (2013).
Cortical Inactivation on Neural Activity in the Ventral Tegmental Area.” The
•• Torres, Elizabeth B., Rodrigo Quian_Quiroga, He Cui, and Christopher
Journal of Neuroscience 33, no. 19 (2013): 8159-8171.
Buneo. “Neural correlates of learning and trajectory planning in the
•• Komorowski, Robert W., Carolyn G. Garcia, Alix Wilson, Shoai Hattori,
posterior parietal cortex.” Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience 7 (2013).
Marc W. Howard, and Howard Eichenbaum. “Ventral Hippocampal
•• Totah, Nelson KB, Yunbok Kim, and Bita Moghaddam. “Distinct pre-
Neurons Are Shaped by Experience to Represent Behaviorally Relevant
stimulus and post-stimulus activation of VTA neurons correlates with
Contexts.” The Journal of Neuroscience 33, no. 18 (2013): 8079-8087.••
stimulus detection.” Journal of Neurophysiology (2013).
Pasquereau, Benjamin, and Robert S. Turner. “Limited Encoding of Effort
•• Voigts, Jakob, Joshua H. Siegle, Dominique L. Pritchett, and
by Dopamine Neurons in a Cost–Benefit Trade-off Task.” The Journal of
Christopher I. Moore. “The flexDrive: An ultra-light implant for optical
Neuroscience 33, no. 19 (2013): 8288-8300.
control and highly parallel chronic recording of neuronal ensembles in
•• Qi, Dexuan, and Xin Tian. “Functional Networks Analysis from Multi
freely moving mice.” Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 7 (2013): 8.
Neuronal Spike Trains on Prefrontal Cortex of Rat during Working Memory
Task and Neuronal Network Simulation.” Journal of Computers 8, no. 6
(2013): 1377-1384.
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•• Roberts, Mark J., Eric Lowet, Nicolas M. Brunet, Marije Ter Wal, Paul
•• Shimamoto, Shoichi A., Elena S. Ryapolova-Webb, Jill L. Ostrem,
Tiesinga, Pascal Fries, and Peter De Weerd. “Robust Gamma Coherence
Nicholas B. Galifianakis, Kai J. Miller, and Philip A. Starr. “Subthalamic
between Macaque V1 and V2 by Dynamic Frequency Matching.” Neuron
Nucleus Neurons Are Synchronized to Primary Motor Cortex Local Field
78, no. 3 (2013): 523-536.
Potentials in Parkinson’s Disease.” The Journal of Neuroscience 33, no. 17
(2013): 7220-7233.
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