ABSTRACT
In terms of systems for multichannel single-unit recording, computers have allowed the following neurobiological questions to be addressed:
To perform these tasks, an ideal multichannel recording system must:
These requirements have important implications for MNER instrumentation design. Mass memory storage capacity, for instance, is a function of the product
N
×
T
in a given experiment. Also the method of signal representation, with or without data compression, bears decisive influence on the overall capacity of an acquisition system. In fact, one may classify computer-based MNER systems according to the form of their data storage:
In what follows, we briefly discuss the main components and issues of MNER systems.
