The new Signal Interface is a flexible, robust solution for acquiring non-telemetric analog or digital signals and synchronizing them with your telemetry data in Ponemah v6.50.  Access the full potential of your data by creating an integrative, comprehensive study when combining telemetry with tools such as:

Running wheels and treadmills

Stimulus delivery tools

Langendorff isolated heart perfusion system

Pressure catheters

Blood flowmeters

And more!

Whole Body Plethysmography (WBP) and Neuroscience

DSI's WBP solutions offer the flexibility to integrate respiratory measurements such as respiratory rate, tidal volume, and minute volume with other applications including:

Optogenetics for neural control of breathing

Electrical Commutator to collect hardwired biopotential (EEG, EMG, EOG) signals simultaneously

Fluid Swivel to administer compound, manage pain, draw blood, or creating an injury model

Forced Exercise

Forced exercise is used by researchers to induce and study physiologic stress responses, as well as assess acute and chronic adaptation to exercise in particular genetic models and/or disease states. Treadmills are the preferred method over voluntary running wheels due to the standardization across all subjects and increased levels of stress hormones and cytokines. Studies are enhanced by integrating telemetry to measure cardiovascular endpoints, leading to a better understanding of the full response on the cardiovascular system. 

To learn how to implement this in your lab, check out our blog post "Guidance for integrating telemetry with forced exercise studies using treadmills".

Fear Conditioning and Stress

Forced immobilization is commonly used as a model of stress in small laboratory animals, especially for inducing physiologic stress to mimic human situations in small enclosures (claustrophobia).  Researchers look at this induced psychological stress and decipher the mechanisms involved in the adaptation to stress, as well as pathology/disease development.  Combining telemetry with fear conditioning can provide real-time cardiovascular, neurological, temperature, and/or glucose data that will show the physiologic effects of psychological stress in acute and chronic studies. 

Learn more about fear conditioning systems

Learn more about small animal telemetry