Scalable Wired and Wireless Headstages for Electrophysiology and Optogenetics

Take advantage of our range of next-generation miniature wired and wireless digital headstages designed for recording 64 channels and beyond with integrated optogenetics!

MINIATURE WIRED HEADSTAGES (32 - 64 channels)

Super-small, lightweight and space-saving...

Small-sized and light enough for song-birds and upwards - removing bulky and stiff Omnetics connectors from the equation saves both size and weight, enabling pre-amplification and digitisation to be performed on-head with a direct connection to your wired tether. With footprint starting at 3 x 7 mm for 64 channels, you can not only reduce implant size but can even double-up for 128 channels across multiple brain targets in mouse ! (requires 2 x 64 mini-amp-64's).

On-skull recoverable headstages with multi-functional Add-ons...

Upgrade and customize your headstage with a range of modules comprising 9 axis inertial measurement + gyro, ultra-sound microphone, optogenetic stimulation (up to 4 different colours) and electrical microstimuation (up to 4 channels). Your miniature headstage will remain with your animal until the end of your experiment - you will then recover and re-use the headstage on your next subject.

Plug n play with our range of Molex probes...

Any of our silicon neural probes can be built with compatible Molex connectors, which mate directly with the miniature headstage family.

MINIATURE SCALABLE-VARIABLE-CHANNEL COUNT WIRED AND WIRELESS DIGITAL HEADSTAGES (64 CHANNELS AND BEYOND)

High-channel count, multi-target implants for even the smallest animals...

Expand your experiments by using >1 probe to address multiple brain regions in parallel, and / or take full advantage of our chronic 3-D probe stacks whilst allowing your animals to be free from cumbersome tethers and commutators. Choose from micro-tethered or fully-wireless to facilitate free, natural behaviours spanning locomotion, social interaction, sleep, epilepsy, operant conditioning and more.

Spikes, LFP, ECoG and EEG... Record hundreds of channels alongside integrated Opto- / Electrical-Stimulation with a host of other Add-on features...

Easily record hundreds of channels @ 25 ksps/s per channel with a modular, scalable headstage system that is plug n play with our Molex chronic probes. The system is designed to grow with you as your experiments expand and so represents a cost-effective solution to upgrade your recording capacity without breaking the bank! Customisation is straightforward with a range of interchangeable modules to integrate additional functionality to your tethered or wireless headstage systems, including multi-channel optogenetic and electrical stimulation; thereby removing the need for (and saving your the cost of) external light-sources, commutators and current source generators!

Wireless endurance...

Real-time monitoring and digital data logging with an RMS noise floor of 2.0 µV ensures clean data throughout. Recording duration depends on the selected wireless data-logger capacity vs. number of channels and sampling rate. Continuous recording for over 2 weeks @ 1000 ksps/s/ x 64 ch. is achievable and the use of 'standby mode' can further extend this for epoch-based recording during longer time-spans.

*Example weights above are for 2 hrs recording at 25 ksps/s; alternative battery options available for shorter (weight saving) or longer duration requirements,