flexDrive

An ultra-light implant for optical control and highly parallel chronic recording of neuronal ensembles in freely moving mice.

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Features
Electrode array
Drive body
Drive mechanism
EIB

Materials
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Guide tube array
Spring assembly
Drive assembly
EIB fabrication
Electrode loading
Shielding
Implant protocol

Variants
Multi-site implants
Smaller electrode pitches
Movable fibers

This project is maintained
by Jakob Voigts
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Multi-site implants

By modifying the location of the guide tube array in the drive body, multiple locations can be targeted from one flexDrive implant. The repository includes a variant for bilateral recordings from CA1. If you are developing a modified drive body suited for targeting other regions, please contribute the source files to the github repository.