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Student Protocol Extracellular Nerve Recording In this experiment, you will explore the basic principles of extracellular nerve recording. Written by staff of ADInstruments. Background Crayfish are excellent organisms for studying neurobiology. For these experiments, you will be using a suction electrode to record from a motor nerve (the 3 rd nerve) that innervates the superficial extensor muscles in the crayfish tail, which contains sensory neurons arising from the muscle receptor organs in the crayfish tail. Required Equipment  LabChart 7 software  PowerLab Data Acquisition Unit  AC/DC Differential Amplifier with headstage  Micromanipulator and appropriate stand for recording electrode  Suction electrode  Electrode puller (if required for your Suction electrode)  Capillary glass for electrodes  ACSF solution  50 mm Petri dish with 5 mm clear silicone layer on the bottom  Ag + /AgCl pellet ground electrode  Tape  One 2-3” (50-76 mm) crayfish ( Procambarus clarkii recommended)  Dissecting microscope and light source  Faraday cage (optional, but recommended) Procedure Extracellular Recording setup 1. Set the AC/DC Differential Amplifier (Figure 1). Enter the settings below:  High Pass: 100 Hz  Notch: Off  Low Pass: 3-10 kHz  Capacity Compensation: As needed  DC Offset: As needed  Gain: 500-1000  Headstage (Figure 2): Attached to Probe Input  Input Select Switch: Diff  Mode Select Switch: Record Figure 1. AC/DC Differential Amplifier Front Panel 2. Make sure the PowerLab is turned off and the USB cable is connected to the computer. 3. Connect the output of the AC/DC Differential Amplifier to Input 1 on the front panel of the PowerLab. Page 1 of 7 ©2010

Extracellular Nerve Recording Student Protocol 4. Attach the capillary glass to the suction electrode, and attach it to the micropositioner. 5. Obtain a Petri dish. Place a small amount of crayfish saline in the dish. 6. Using the micropositioner, lower the suction electrode into the dish. Draw a small amount of saline into the suction electrode so that it contacts the silver wire inside. 7. Attach the cable from the suction electrode to the positive (+) input of the headstage. Figure 2. Schematic of a Monopolar Suction electrode 8. If your suction electrode has an indifferent or external electrode, attach it to the negative (-) input of the headstage (Figure 3). If not, follow the configuration shown in Figure 2. 9. Attach the reference (ground) electrode to the ground (Gnd) input on the headstage. Note: Alternatively, the ground electrode can be attached to the ground (Gnd) on the amplifier chassis. Then you should connect the indifferent lead to the ground input on the headstage. 10. Place the ground electrode pellet in the Petri dish so that the pellet is immersed in saline. A small piece of tape may be needed to secure the wire. 11. Turn on the PowerLab and AC/DC Differential Amplifier. Allow the amplifier to warm up for at least five minutes. 12. Launch LabChart and open the settings file “Crayfish Extracellular Settings” from the Experiments Tab in the Welcome Center . It will be located in the folder for this experiment. 13. Once the equipment has warmed up, Start recording. 14. On the AC/DC Differential Amplifier, turn the “Ω Test” (Ohm Test) to the “on” position. Observe the signal. In the Chart View, select Autoscale and use the View Buttons to adjust the horizontal compression, as necessary, until a square wave is visible. 15. If necessary, adjust the Capacity Compensation on the amplifier to “square up” the shoulders of the wave. 16. Stop recording. Save your data, but do not close the file. Page 2 of 7 ©2010

Extracellular Nerve Recording Student Protocol Figure 3. Schematic of a Bipolar Suction electrode Software Setup (optional) Creating Preset Comments is a useful feature to add comments for each manipulation. They allow you to press one button to add a specific comment instead of typing in the Comments bar each time. 1. Go to the Setup menu and select Preset Comments . A dialog will appear like the one in Figure 4. Figure 4. Preset Comments Dialog with Suggested Configuration 2. Select New from the bottom left of the dialog. 3. In the Event Configuration dialog that appears (Figure 5), select a Shortcut and select “All” under the Channel drop-down list. Write appropriate text in the text box. Click OK . Page 3 of 7 ©2010

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