Facilities (4)

High Density EEG

What

A 256 channel EEG system, also MR compatible, is available at VIMM’s lab. The system is connected to many different stimulation systems. A networked infrastructure with a signal amplifier and a PC to collect the signals is provided.

Geodesic HD-EEG nets

  • 256-channel HydroCel GSN Sensor nets
  • MR compatible

Net Amps 400 amplifier

  • 256-channels input
  • 24 bits A/D resolution
  • 0.023 µV/bit sensitivity
  • less than 0.8 µVRMS input noise
  • Complete software package for acquiring, reviewing, visualizing, and analyzing EEG data
  • Acquisition module: record EGG data
  • Review module: view EEG data with a variety of views

Usage policies

  • Write a project proposal using the attached form (Word version, PDF version)
  • Fill in the PNC Booking System form below and attach your proposal
  • Wait for the approval

Booking procedures

Consult the calendar and make your reservation on desired dates and time slots

MR and PET/MR scanners

What

Thanks to an agreement with the Azienda Aspedaliera di Padova (AOPD) it is possible for PNC affiliates to book some time slots to use some Magnetic Resonance or PET/MR scanners at AOPD sites.

Siemens Biograph PET/MR

  • 3T MR scanner
  • PET analysis is also possible
  • Available at AOPD PET/MR site

1.5T MR scanner

  • 1.5T scanner available at AOPD Radiology site
  • 3T MR scanner
  • Available at the AOPD Neurology site

Usage Policies

Contact the PNC administration for details

Booking procedures

Consult the calendar and make your reservation on desired dates and time slots

Portable Eye Trackers

What

Various facilities for eye-tracking based studies are available at PNC :

Tobii Pro Fusion 250Hz

  • Screen-based eye tracker with dedicated laptop
  • Sampling frequencies of up to 250 Hz
  • Two eye tracking cameras
  • Two pupil tracking modes
  • Video-based eye tracker, sampling binocularly at up to 2000 Hz
  • Remote Camera Upgrade Package (desktop up to 1000Hz)
  • Head Support
  • Ultra Performance Display PC

Usage policies

Please contact dr. A. Zangrossi for details

Booking procedures

You need to book a slot for the “HD-EEG” lab here

Pre-Clinical Core Facilities

What

Various facilities for “animal core” studies are available at VIMM site.

Multiphoton Imaging System

The MP system is based on a Thorlabs Bergamo layout equipped with dual scan head arrangement (one galvo-resonant and the other galvo-galvo) and four non-descanned detection channels.

Laser sources:

  • Chameleon Ultra II
  • Compact OPO
  • Katana HP

Objectives:

  • 16x Nikon WI 0.8NA 3mm WD (CFI75 16XLWD-PF)
  • 25x Olympus WI 1.05NA 2mm WD (XLPLN25XWMP2)

Mesoscale Imaging system

  • Fluorescence imaging mesoscope specifically designed for detecting fluorescence at very low emission levels
  • Can be used in combination with voltage sensitive dyes, genetically encoded fluorescence based voltage, neurotransmitter or calcium reporters, or with intrinsic signal
  • Concurrent recordings from up to 512 channels
  • Matlab or python routine to export and analyze the data

OpenEhys Multisite MU/LFP Recording System

  • Concurrent recordings from up to 128 channels
  • Matlab or python routine to export and analyze the data
  • Three channel system for electrophysiological recording in freely behaving animal models
  • The head mounted preamplifier is capable of providing high signal to noise ratio EEG/LFP/EMG recordings over extended experimental time window
  • Matlab or python routine to export and analyze the data

Systems for optogenetic neuronal modulation

Different light sources are available for experiments requiring light based modulation of neuronal activity in combination with light based ion channels.