Aug 4, 2023 | Neuroscience Blog, Videos
Watch this on-demand webinar for a 1-hour demonstration, with question and answer session, about using Pathfinder and Neuropixels Trajectory Explorer, hosted by Ed Friedrich, Life Sciences Business Manager, New Scale Technologies, and Andrew Peters, developer of Neuropixels Trajectory Explorer and Principal Investigator, Peters Lab, University of Oxford Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics.
Jul 10, 2023 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog, News, Top News
Support for integration with open-source trajectory planning and data acquisition apps is the key feature in the latest release of New Scale MPM Pathfinder Software for the MPM Multi-Probe Micromanipulator (MPM) System. New Scale Technologies has announced general...
Jun 12, 2023 | Blogs, Micro Motion Blog
Design World published an excellent overview of piezo-based technologies and their applications (April 2023 issue). But how can system designers get started with using piezoelectric motors? When considering using piezoelectric motors, major challenges include: 1....
May 5, 2023 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
MPM System Setup screen has new target images (calibration blocks) for larger adult mouse and adult rat. The upcoming Pathfinder MPM Software V2.8.5 release for the Multi-Probe Micromanipulator (MPM) System includes two additional target images (also called...
Apr 24, 2023 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
Figure from the recent Deisseroth Lab article in Nature: d, Electrode tracks from n = 5 mice (3 ChRmine and 2 control) over 60 recording sessions co-registered to the common Allen Brain Atlas. e, Locations of recorded single units overlaid onto the Allen Brain Atlas....
Apr 24, 2023 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
The upcoming Pathfinder software release for the Multi-Probe Micromanipulator (MPM) System contains a number of features and enhancements* suggested by our users. One such feature is support for Xbox-style gaming controllers (wired, or with Bluetooth or USB wireless...
Mar 16, 2023 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
Researchers at the Deisseroth Lab at Stanford University use the MPM Multi-Probe Micromanipulator for in-vivo electrophysiology with optogenetic stimulation. They published results in an article, “Cell-type-specific population dynamics of diverse reward computations,”...
Mar 1, 2023 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
Allen Brain Observatory Neuropixels recording rig, from the paper in Nature Protocols. The label “f” indicates one of the six three-axis New Scale manipulators in the rig. As the creator and supplier of the Multi-Probe Manipulator System (MPM), we often are asked to...
Jan 30, 2023 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
A paper provides convincing evidence for the benefits of inserting silicon probes slowly into the brain for acute neural recording. The New Scale MPM Multi-Probe Micromanipulator System enables slow, smooth, and fully programmable insertion speeds.
Dec 12, 2022 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
NEUROSCIENCE 2022 WRAP-UP By David Henderson, CEO It was great to be in-person for Neuroscience 2022, and to see first-hand the amazing work being done by our partners and customers around the world. The MPM Micro-Manipulator System was shown at four booths: New Scale...
Oct 31, 2022 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog, Videos
NEUROSCIENCE 2022 SNEAK PREVIEW – MPM PATHFINDER The integration of the MPM Multi-Probe Micromanipulator System’s Pathfinder Software with trajectory planning and data acquisition apps with will allow you to simulate, plan, execute, debug and repeat your...
Jul 12, 2022 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
Image credit: Laser Focus World / Travis Babola A recent article in Laser Focus World explains the basics of optogenetics and describes newer techniques, like single-cell and holographic optogenetics, that allow neuroscientists to give every cell its own code and to...
Jun 8, 2022 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
Obtaining successful in-vivo electrophysiological recordings with silicon neural probes requires a set of carefully executed activities which include: Careful planning of the optimum insertion path. Accurate placement of the probe to enter the brain at the designated...
May 27, 2022 | Application Notes, Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
By clamping as far back from the probe shank as possible, the MPM Probe Mount 1As allows researchers to maximize the density of probes in multi-probe neural recording experiments. Mount Maximizes Density of Neuropixels 1.0 Probes in Multi-Probe Recording New Scale’s...
May 18, 2022 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
New Scale Technologies’ micro-manipulators at the Allen Institute (photos by the Allen Institute) Are you interested in learning about multi-probe experimental techniques with Neuropixels probes… from the experts in extracellular electrophysiology recording?...
Apr 7, 2022 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog, Top News
Optogenetics has progressed rapidly from its beginnings in 2005, thanks in part to advances in supporting fields including photonics and micro-mechatronics. The MPM Micromanipulator is unique in its ability to simultaneously position multiple silicon probes and optical fibers for optogenetics.
Mar 28, 2022 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
The Jan/Feb 2022 issue of Photonics Focus, a publication of the international society for optics and photonics (SPIE), examines multiple perspectives on photonics and the brain. Several articles suggest future applications for silicon probes, beyond their current use...
Mar 24, 2022 | Blogs, Micro Motion Blog, Videos
Embedded motion for spectroscopy, microscopy and manipulation This video demonstrates a variety of applications using M3-LS Linear Smart Stages to embed compact, closed-loop linear motion. This smart micro stage puts very precise motion in the palm of your hand so you...
Mar 11, 2022 | Blogs, Neuroscience Blog
An article in Nature Communications describes how researchers in Italy combined neural manipulations, resting-state fMRI and in vivo electrophysiology (using the New Scale MPM Multi-Probe Micromanipulator) to probe how inactivation of a cortical node causally affects brain-wide fMRI coupling in the mouse.
Feb 14, 2022 | Micro Motion Blog
New Scale Technologies has released a new white paper describing the use of M3 Smart Modules – or “embedded micro motion devices” – in systems for extended reality (XR) applications. Embedded micro motion devices are solving challenges that are...