• Jose A Biurrun Manresa, John Hansen, and Ole K Andersen.
• Integrative Neuroscience group within the Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Dept. of Health, Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers vej 7, Aalborg Øst, 9220 Denmark. jbiurrun@... more hst.aau.dk less
• Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2010 Jan 1; 2010: 6619-24.

AbstractA system for data acquisition and analysis of nociceptive withdrawal reflex (NWR) and reflex receptive field (RRF) is introduced. The system is constituted by hardware and software components. The hardware consists of devices commonly used for electrical stimulation and electromyographic and kinematic data recording. The software comprises two different programs: Wirex, a stand-alone program developed in LabView for data acquisition, and Reflex Lab, a Matlab-based toolbox for data analysis. These programs were developed to maximize the potential of the hardware, turning it into a complete stimulation system capable of automatic quantification of NWR and RRF. In this article, a brief review of NWR and RRF analysis is presented, the system features are described in detail and its present and future applications are discussed.

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