Plexon offers a wide variety of products for neurological research. The most common products are grouped into the broad categories of Systems, Hardware, Software, and Electrodes. The menu also contains links to the Online Store and Research Applications.
Plexon offers a variety of complete systems as shown by the products below.
OmniPlex
The combination of superior front-end amplification and flexible, intuitive control software specifically tailored to the neuroscientist conducting extracellular recordings make the OmniPlex system the most advanced neural data acquisition and online spike sorting system on the market today.
Multichannel Acquisition Processor (MAP)
The Plexon Multichannel Acquisition Processor (MAP) sets the standard for programmable amplification, filtering, and real-time spike sorting of multi-electrode signals acquired in neurophysiological research.
MEA Workstation
MEA Workstation (MEA WS) is a complete system for recording and analyzing up to 64 channels of microelectrode arrays (MEAs).
Recorder
Recorder/16 and Recorder/64 are Windows®-based neural data acquisition systems for continuous digitization of up to 16 channels (Recorder/16) or 64 channels (Recorder/64) of any combination of spike signals, thresholded spike segments, field potentials, and external digital events.
CinePlex
CinePlex is a digital video recording and tracking system that enables the synchronization of video with neural data files.
Some of Plexon's most common hardware categories are shown below.
Commutators
Plexon offers a variety of commutators that allow the test animal to move freely within the environment.
Connectors
Plexon offers mating connnectors for all the Plexon headstages. Most Plexon headstages have female Omnetics input connectors. Please refer to the images below to find the exact connector you require. Contact Plexon at info@plexon.com if you do not find the connector you need.
Electrode Adaptors
Plexon manufactures a wide range of adaptors to interface electrodes to Plexon headstages and data acquisition systems. If we do not currently have the necessary adaptor to meet your needs, we can make one. Contact a Plexon sales representative more more details.
Headstages
Plexon offers three main types of headstages: high-impedance, low-impedance, and wireless.
Preamplifiers
Plexon has recently introduced a new line of preamplifier boards with improved common-mode rejection capability with both fixed reference and software-programmable reference selection, and lower noise for improved SNR recordings. These preamp boards represent the third-generation of plexon spike, field potential, and wide-band boards for use either with the Plexon MAP and RECORDER systems, or as stand-alone hardware components for use with other data acquisition systems.
Plexon's major software applications are shown below.
Neuroexplorer
Neuroexplorer is a neurophysiological data analysis package with a rich set of analysis options and functions. NeuroExplorer can be used to analyze data files offline, or used in realtime with the MAP System and OmniPlex System control software.
Offline Sorter
Offline Sorter (OFS) version 3 is a powerful, easy-to-use tool for viewing and classifying action potential waveforms (spikes) collected from single electrodes, stereotrodes, and tetrodes.
RASPUTIN
RASPUTIN (Real-time Acquisition System Programs for Unit Timing in Neuroscience) is a suite of software tools that work with the Plexon Multichannel Acquisition Processor (MAP) hardware.
Plexon's offers a variety of electrodes as shown below. Plexon also offers optional carbon nanotube coating.
Carbon Nanotube Electrode Coating
Carbon Nanotube coating significantly enhances the recording and stimulation capabilities of metal electrodes by decreasing electrode impedance and increasing charge transfer, while leaving the cross-sectional area of the electrode surface unchanged.
Plextrode® Floating Microelectrode Array
Plexon offers the Plextrode™ Floating Microelectrode Array (FMA) for long-term chronic applications. The Plextrode FMA is a unique microelectrode array, designed to improve upon the benefits offered by a standard chronic array while also accommodating numerous, user-defined specifications. This allows the Plextrode FMA to be configured to specific research requirements.
Plextrode® Microwire Array
The Plextrode® microwire arrays are most commonly used in chronic, freely moving animal studies. They are Plexon's best selling electrode array due to both recording reliability and cost efficiency.
Plextrode® U-Probe
The 16- and 24-channel U-Probes are now available with thinner probe diameters. The 16-channel U-Probe is now available with an outer diameter of 185 µm, and the 24-channel U-Probe is available with 210 µm outer diameter. These new U-Probes feature 15 um platinum/iridium electrode wire, which is best for resolving single units.
The U-Probe will still be available with 20 µm or 25 µm electrode wire. These thicker diameter electrode wire U-Probes are recommended for those interested in current source density analysis.
The 8-channel U-Probe is also still available. The 8-channel U-Probe is now configured with a fluid channel for drug delivery by default. The placement of this fluid capillary is user defined. These 8-channel U-Probes have an outer probe diameter of 230 µm.