I want to setup filed potential recording here in Pakistan where we have very limited resources. I request if someone can guide me following aspects? We have very limited budget for purchasing.
1. Should I got for the in-vivo anesthetized setup or in-vitro setup which needs more instrumentation.
2. Which company can provide us cheap setup. If its a complete unit (including amplifier and simulator) then it will be nice for installation, use and repair.
3. If anyone of you or relevant scientist has some used instruments, I shall request for these. Because this will be great help.
Best Regards,
Touqeer Ahmed PhD
Hello Touqeer,
One option you could explore is to acquire used instruments, which if you're able to track their history, may be in perfectly good working condition if they came from a lab that has retired.
Try ebay.com
Best of luck,
Dear Touqeer,
another option would be to get used demo equipment from a supplier like Multi Channel Systems, HEKA, Warner, or TBSI. All these brands are owned by Harvard Bioscience. As channel manager for HBIO in your region I can help you here. Please get in contact with me and explain a little bit more what you exactly want to do and I am pretty sure, I can help you with good pricing on some of our used demo equipment, including amplifiers and stimulators. My email adress is: [email protected]
With best regards,
Siegfried Leidig
Hi Touqeer,
Some of the most expensive components of an in vivo and in vitro setup is the anti vibration table. You can avoid buying such system by putting a table, prefereabily a metal one and just the square stuff, over an old big truck tire or over four half tennis balls in the corners. The metal will help because most of the micromanipulator bases can be attached to the table with a magnet, helping to stability and giving flexibility in location. The table should weight enough to provide stability and bend a bit the rubber. This option is used in labs even for single-cell patch clamp recording and should provide stable recording conditions for extracellular field potentials both in vivo and in vitro.
Hope these solutions help!
Kind regards,
Marcel
Thank you very much Marcel Ruiz-Mejias for a wonderful tip. I shall make the table here in own country.
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