A Radio-Telemetry System with a Shape Memory Alloy Microelectrode for Neural Recording of Freely Moving Insects

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-137

  Takeuchi, Shoji ^a   Shimoyama, Isao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

FM transmitter; Free walking; Insect; Neural recording; RF telemetry; Wireless recording

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SIZE DETERMINATION; TELEMETERING;

RADIO-TELEMETRY SYSTEMS;

MICROELECTRODES;

ALLOY;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; AMPLIFIER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INSECT; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELEMETRY;

ALLOYS; ANIMALS; COCKROACHES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INSECTS; LOCOMOTION; MICROELECTRODES; MINIATURIZATION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; NEURONS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0348147668     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.820310     Document Type: Article

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