In order to avoid complications or adverse side effects encountered with the use of anesthesia, implantation, or at-risk/fragile models, recording are performed on unanaesthetised rats.
Vigil subjects can be single or group-housed, favoring experiments that comply with the 3R’s and IACUC* protocols.
Short connections between transmitter and electrodes, use of battery, and wireless transmission allows to isolated animals from any source of electrical noise and provide a very clean ECG signal.