2023RSS0051 - Integrated High Channel Count Electrophysiology and Behavioral Control System

The University of Calgary (UCalgary) intends to purchase a completely integrated, electrophysiology 128-channel digital recording and behavioural control system all controlled with Synapse software with Pynapse coder package from Tucker-Davis Technologies.  To the universities knowledge, this is the only supplier that offers a completely integrated system for behavioural control combined with a high-channel count electrophysiology system. An integrated setup is preferred because rather than building a behavioural control system in-house and then having to integrate the behavioural system with the electrophysiology data stream, TDT offers an integrated turn-key solution. Integrating the data streams under a common computer clock, to our understanding, ensures minimal jitter in event timing and greater precision for relating brain responses to behaviour, which is the primary goal of the research lab.