Services & Expertise

The E_crtD currently offers the following services:

Project consultancy for projects involving patch clamp and/ or microelectrode array recrodings

Microelectrode array recordings combinable with:

Electric stimulation for activating specific fiber bundle.
Pharmacologic stimulation for modulating certain transmitter systems.
Light stimulation at various wavelengths for modulating the activity of optogenetically modified tissue

To inspect the available microelectrode arrays, have a look at our equipment.

Purchase advice for 60-channel microelectrode arrays to fit to the available recording system and your project specifics

Generation of acute brain slices
Whole cell patch clamp in current clamp mode, incl. pharmacological manipulation
Perforated patch clamp with gramicidin
Juxtracellular recording and stimulation in the intact brain
Multielectrode Array recordings from silicon probes penetrating the cerebral cortex
Recording of electrocorticograms (ECoG) with flexible multielectrode arrays
Various brain surgeries in rats and mice (cranial windows, head-fixation constructions, implantations (recording electrodes, canulae, optic fibers), AAV injection)
Optogenetic manipulations of neuronal activity
Intrinsic optical imaging

Fabrication of diversely shaped glass pipettes from glass capillaries
Generation of cortical flat mounts for histological investigations in the tangential plane
Behavioral testing of rats and mice (rooted in cognitive behavioral theory and analysis approaches applying laws of psychophysics)