Electromagnetic levitation platform for wireless study of insect flight neurophysiology

Author

Verderber, Alexander ; McKnight, Michael ; Bozkurt, Alican

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

3-7 July 2013

Firstpage

1720

Lastpage

1723

Abstract

An electromagnetic levitation platform for use in a light emitting diode (LED) arena based virtual reality environment was developed for wireless recording of neural and neuromuscular signals from the flight related muscle groups in Manduca sexta. The platform incorporates the use of Early Metamorphosis Insertion Technology to implant recording electrodes into the flight muscles of late stage pupal moths. Analysis of the insects´ response to changes in the LED arena rotation direction indicate that this setup could be used to perform a variety of flight behavior studies during yaw maneuvers.

Keywords

biomechanics; light emitting diodes; magnetic levitation; neuromuscular stimulation; zoology; Early Metamorphosis Insertion Technology; LED arena; Manduca sexta; electrodes; electromagnetic levitation platform; insect flight neurophysiology; light emitting diode; neural signals; neuromuscular signals; virtual reality environment; wireless recording; yaw maneuvers; Electrodes; Electromyography; Insects; Levitation; Light emitting diodes; Muscles; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Osaka

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609851

Filename

6609851