Thanks for the tip, Robert.
I am going to do exactly as you suggest and construct a small array of
tungsten electrodes. Where do you place the ground wire?
chris
"Bronsing" <r.bronsing at NOSPAMerasmusmc.nl> wrote in message news:<bp2ego$35c$1 at mrelay2.eur.nl>...
> Chris <chigg34 at yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:11e8ea38.0311102249.20a6429d at posting.google.com...> > Hi,
> > I need to make some cheap, durable electrodes for stimulating a rat
> > midbrain. We will stimulate while the rat is behaving so glass
> > electrodes probably won't work). We'll be applying 100 microamps at
> > 60-100Hz.
> >
>> Hi Chris. Why not try a tungsten electrode? I use them for mid-brain work
> too (wistar), and I stimulate 0,1-1mA @ 300 Hz and sometimes more. I have
> done that both acute and chronically. Good results.
>> --
>> Robert Bronsing
>> Can't you see?
> It all makes perfect sense,
> expressed in dollars and cents, pounds, shillings and pence
>> (R. Waters)