The SpikerBox: a low cost, open-source bioamplifier for increasing public participation in neuroscience inquiry.

Although people are generally interested in how the brain functions, neuroscience education for the public is hampered by a lack of low cost and engaging teaching materials. To address this, we developed an open-source tool, the SpikerBox, which is appropriate for use in middle/high school education...

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Autores principales:	Timothy C Marzullo, Gregory J Gage
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:de8ed162faea4cfc86536dbd7d0cf2882021-11-18T07:24:35ZThe SpikerBox: a low cost, open-source bioamplifier for increasing public participation in neuroscience inquiry.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0030837https://doaj.org/article/de8ed162faea4cfc86536dbd7d0cf2882012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22470415/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Although people are generally interested in how the brain functions, neuroscience education for the public is hampered by a lack of low cost and engaging teaching materials. To address this, we developed an open-source tool, the SpikerBox, which is appropriate for use in middle/high school educational programs and by amateurs. This device can be used in easy experiments in which students insert sewing pins into the leg of a cockroach, or other invertebrate, to amplify and listen to the electrical activity of neurons. With the cockroach leg preparation, students can hear and see (using a smartphone oscilloscope app we have developed) the dramatic changes in activity caused by touching the mechanosensitive barbs. Students can also experiment with other manipulations such as temperature, drugs, and microstimulation that affect the neural activity. We include teaching guides and other resources in the supplemental materials. These hands-on lessons with the SpikerBox have proven to be effective in teaching basic neuroscience.Timothy C MarzulloGregory J GagePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 3, p e30837 (2012)
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description	Although people are generally interested in how the brain functions, neuroscience education for the public is hampered by a lack of low cost and engaging teaching materials. To address this, we developed an open-source tool, the SpikerBox, which is appropriate for use in middle/high school educational programs and by amateurs. This device can be used in easy experiments in which students insert sewing pins into the leg of a cockroach, or other invertebrate, to amplify and listen to the electrical activity of neurons. With the cockroach leg preparation, students can hear and see (using a smartphone oscilloscope app we have developed) the dramatic changes in activity caused by touching the mechanosensitive barbs. Students can also experiment with other manipulations such as temperature, drugs, and microstimulation that affect the neural activity. We include teaching guides and other resources in the supplemental materials. These hands-on lessons with the SpikerBox have proven to be effective in teaching basic neuroscience.
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title	The SpikerBox: a low cost, open-source bioamplifier for increasing public participation in neuroscience inquiry.
title_short	The SpikerBox: a low cost, open-source bioamplifier for increasing public participation in neuroscience inquiry.
title_full	The SpikerBox: a low cost, open-source bioamplifier for increasing public participation in neuroscience inquiry.
title_fullStr	The SpikerBox: a low cost, open-source bioamplifier for increasing public participation in neuroscience inquiry.
title_full_unstemmed	The SpikerBox: a low cost, open-source bioamplifier for increasing public participation in neuroscience inquiry.
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The SpikerBox: a low cost, open-source bioamplifier for increasing public participation in neuroscience inquiry.

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