Keithley 6221 Current Source (Solon, OH)
Tektronix TBS1154 Oscilloscope (Beaverton, OR)
Metrohm Autolab (Riverview, FL)
Platinum counter electrode (CE) & AgCl reference electrode (RE)
Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) (Sigma, St. Louis, MO)
New Brunswick Scientific Faraday Cage (Edison, NJ)
Stimulation Electrode: Six-contact ImThera cuff electrode (LivaNova, London, UK)
1. Longitudinal Interfascicular Electrodes (LIFE) components:
A DIN 42802 touch-proof connector (Digitimer, Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom)
Stainless-steel wire (SS) (ID: 0.001 in, OD: 0.0055 in, 10-15 cm length)
Single strand platinum iridium (PtIr) wire (OD: 0.004 in, ID: 0.002 in)
Flux (Worthington Stainless Steel Flux, Mfr.Model #331929, Columbus, OH)
Quick-Sil (WPI, Sarasota, Florida)
2. Invasive arterial pressure catheter (Millar Inc., Houston, TX, Model #SPR-350S)
3. EMG recording electrodes: Rhythmlink bipolar SS needle electrodes (RLSND121-2.5, Columbia, SC)
Stimulation and Recording Devices:
1. Neural stimulation and signal recording: Tucker Davis Technologies system (Alachua, FL; W8, IZ2MH, RZ5D, RZ6, PZ5, and S-Box units)
2. PowerLab 8/35 (ADInstruments, Sydney, Australia)
2. LabChart (ADInstruments, Sydney, Australia)
3. LabVIEW Keithley driver (National Instruments, Austin, TX)
4. Metrohm Nova (Riverview, FL)
Histology and Histological Analysis