EnerCage: A Smart Experimental Arena With Scalable Architecture for Behavioral Experiments

• Published in: IEEE transactions on biomedical engineering Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 139 - 148
• Main Authors: Jow, Uei-Ming, McMenamin, Peter, Kiani, Mehdi, Manns, Joseph R., Ghovanloo, Maysam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Algorithms; Animals; Arrays; Behavior, Animal - physiology; behavioral neuroscience; Biotelemetry; Coils; Couplings; Electric Power Supplies; environmental enrichment; Equipment Design; Magnetic sensors; Male; Miniaturization - instrumentation; Mobile communication; Neurosciences - instrumentation; planar spiral coils (PSCs); Prostheses and Implants; Rats; Rats, Long-Evans; Telemetry - instrumentation; User-Computer Interface; wireless power transmission; Wireless Technology - instrumentation

Wireless power, when coupled with miniaturized implantable electronics, has the potential to provide a solution to several challenges facing neuroscientists during basic and preclinical studies with freely behaving animals. The EnerCage system is one such solution as it allows for uninterrupted elec...