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Fig. 4 | BMC Neuroscience

Fig. 4

From: Enhanced setup for wired continuous long-term EEG monitoring in juvenile and adult rats: application for epilepsy and other disorders

Fig. 4

Elements of the swivel balance arms. A The standard swivel consists of a center rotating spindle and six conductor rings in electrical contact via conductor brushes. The used swivel accommodates the EEG cable carrying electrical signal from the 6 electrodes implanted in each rat. It has a low torque turning resistance preventing torsion of the EEG cable and subsequent stress on the rat’s headset. This standard swivel prevents cable disconnection by allowing torsion-free motion of the rat in the horizontal plane. The curved white arrows indicate the rotating mobile part. B The swivel is fixed on a balance that consists of a plexiglass rectangular plate (30 cm × 5 cm) that pivots along a hinge plexiglass plate (10 cm × 5 cm, double arrows). The EEG cable ending with the 6-pin plug goes through the swivel and ends up in a relay box that separates the reference and ground signals (RCA plug, white arrow) from those of the 4 sampling electrodes. C The hinge plate is attached to the back of the plexiglass cage rack (area between the 2 dashed lines) with 2 plastic screws (white arrow). The relay box is attached to an RCA cable (carries signal from ground and reference electrodes) and to an ethernet cable on the opposite side (carries electrical signal from the 4 sampling electrodes)

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