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Insect electroantennogram responses to semiochemicals recorded with an inexpensive personal computer
Author(s) -
BJOSTAD LOUIS B.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1988.tb00917.x
Subject(s) - alphanumeric , oscilloscope , biology , personal computer , electroantennography , trace (psycholinguistics) , stimulation , pheromone , computer hardware , neuroscience , computer science , electrical engineering , voltage , ecology , engineering , operating system , linguistics , philosophy
. . A circuit and accompanying program that allow an inexpensive personal computer to replace an expensive storage oscilloscope in displaying electroantennogram (EAG) recording is described. The maximum amplitude of the EAG is calculated automatically by the computer and appears as an alphanumeric display on the monitor screen. Because the entire EAG trace is stored by the computer, parameters of the EAG trace other than the maximum amplitude are also available for analysis, such as voltages at specified times after antennal stimulation.