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May 29, 2001
LTP Program Manual
Version 2.22A
by William W. Anderson, Ph.D.
Dept. of Anatomy
University of Bristol
Bristol BS8 1TD, England
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0117-928-7407
Fax: 0117-928-7405
Copyright � William W. Anderson, 1991-2001. All Rights Reserved.
Table of Contents
| Conditions of Use |
| Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION |
| 1.1 | LTP Program Capabilities | ||
| 1.2 | Appropriate
computers, Memory Requirements and Data Acquisition Boards |
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| 1.3 | Appropriate Operating Systems |
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| 1.4 | |||
| 1.5 | Technical Support | ||
| 1.6 | Acknowledgements |
| Chapter 2 - GETTING STARTED |
| 2.1 | Upgrade notice | ||
| 2.2 | Installing the
LTP Program |
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| 2.3 | Installing the Data Acquisition Board | ||
| 2.4 | Starting the LTP Program | ||
| 2.5 | Automatic data
folder creation at startup, AutoCreate
a new data folder, and Change data folder |
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| 2.6 | Set the AD Gain, DataType and Sample Interval | ||
| 2.7 | Analog Filtering of the Signal Before Digitization | ||
| 2.8 | Pressing a Function Key to Stimulate and Acquire Data | ||
| 2.9 | Check that the Data Acquisition and Stimulation are Working Correctly | ||
| 2.10 | Choosing the Printer | ||
| 2.11 | Printing an AD Waveform Graph to the Printer |
| Chapter 3 - ORGANIZATION OF THE LTP PROGRAM |
| 3.1 | Windows | ||
| 3.2 | Screen Information Lines | ||
| 3.3 | Graphs and Fields | ||
| 3.4 | Menus | ||
| 3.5 | Running Protocols using Function Keys and Menus | ||
| 3.6 | Yellow, Magenta and White Color Coding of Synaptic Waveform Detection |
| Chapter 4 - RUNNING THE LTP PROGRAM |
| 4.1 | Automatic and Manual Loading of the Protocol (*.pro) File from Disk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.2 | Choosing the Basic Protocol | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4.4 | Set the Data Acquisition Values | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.5 | Choosing Pulse/Train Stimulation Protocols and Setting Stimulation Values | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.6 | Choosing the Waveform Calculations To Do | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.7 | Setting the Calculation Detection Criteria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.8 | Analyzing All S0- and S1-Evoked Postsynaptic Responses in Both AD channels in a Sweep |
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| 4.9 | Special Analyses of Trains | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.10 | AutoReset Timebase (AutoZoom) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.11 | Setting Whether to Save Files |
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| 4.12 | Saving the Protocol (*.pro) File to Disk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.13 | Run the Experiment | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.14 | Printing AMP Graphs, ADsweep Graphs and AMP Text Files After an Experiment | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.15 | Zip Data Files at the End of an Experiment? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.16 | Working Around Program Bugs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.17 | Recovering from a Crash |
| 5.1 | |||
| 5.2 | Setting time that hitting keyboard will stop ADsweeps from continuing | ||
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| 5.4 |
Information in the Help About Dialog Box |
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| 5.5 |
Memory Allocation Information |
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| 5.6 | Miscellaneous Options and Information |
| Chapter 6 - REANALYZING WAVEFORM DATA WITH THE LTP PROGRAM |
| 6.1 | Reanalyze files from a CD-ROM |
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| 6.3 |
Reanalysis Using Simplified Menus and Dialog Boxes |
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| 6.4 | Source of Pulse Stimulation Information for Reanalysis | ||
| 6.5 | Automatically Clear Current Reanalysis at Start of Next Reanalysis | ||
| 6.6 |
| Chapter 7 - RUNNING THE LTP PROGRAM ON-LINE OVER THE NETWORK |
| 7.1 | Plotting On-line to a Printer Attached to Another Networked Computer | ||
| 7.2 | Save Data Files On-line to Another Networked Computer | ||
| 7.3 | Do On-line Acquisition and Analysis on Two Separate Networked Computers |
| APPENDICES |
| APPENDIX A | KNOWN BUGS IN LTP222A | ||
| APPENDIX B | LIMITATIONS TO LTP222A | ||
| APPENDIX C | BUGS AND 'FEATURES' IN LTP114J THAT HAVE BEEN FIXED IN LTP222A | ||
| APPENDIX D | FUTURE LTP PROGRAM CAPABILITIES |