LabBench

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Overview

  • Ability to run predefined protocols
  • The user interface contains only the features required for your experiment
  • Tasks and calculations can be automated with scripting
  • Automatic saving of recorded data
  • Automatic logging of events during an experiment.
  • Open data formats based that can easily be read by 3rd party software now and in hundred years or more from now.
  • Open text based configuration files that can easily be read now and hundred years or more from now by scientists without requiring specialized software.

LabBench is a program for studies within neuroscience which allow an experimenter to perform experiments based on predefined protocols. To run an experiment with LabBench, a scientist will need to:

  • Write a protocol or use a pre-defined one from the LabBench Protocol Repository.
  • In the LabBench Designer, add the required devices for the protocol.
  • With the LabBench Designer, set up an experiment that uses this protocol.
  • Use LabBench Runner to run a series of experimental sessions where data is recorded for the experiment.
  • With the LabBench Designer, export the data from the experiment for analysis in 3rd party software, such as Jupyter Notebooks, MATLAB, or Excel.

LabBench consists of two programs: LabBench Designer and LabBench Runner. LabBench Designer is the configuration program, and LabBench Runner allows scientists to run experimental sessions for the experiments defined in LabBench Designer.

Comparison

LabBench comes in modules that provide access to research devices within psychophysics, quantitative sensory testing, and electrophysiology:

Module Content
CoreThe core module provides access to the: 1) LabBench DISPLAY device, which allow an external monitor to display visual stimuli, psychophysical rating scales, and questionnaires to subjects. 2) Joysticks device, which provide an input device for subjects with which they can answer questionnaires and perform ratings on psychophysical rating scales.
PsychophysicsThe psychophysics module provides access to the: 1) LabBench I/O device that can generate analog stimulus waveforms and trigger sequences, sample psychophysiological responses, and generate triggers from auditory, visual, and vibrotactile stimuli, and 2) Sound card device, for auditory stimuli.
Quantitative Sensory TestingThe quantitative sensory testing module provides access to the LabBench CPAR+ and Nocitech CPAR devices for cuff pressure algometry.
LabBench Compatible DevicesThe compatible devices module provides access to 3rd party devices, such as: 1) NI DAQmx data aquisition cards, 2) EA Tactor device for vibrotactile stimuli.

Accessories

LabBench CPAR+

The LabBench® CPAR+ are devices for cuff pressure algometry. These devices offer computer-controlled pressure stimulations, enabling protocols that are impossible with conventional handheld pressure algometry.

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LabBench I/O

The LabBench I/O are response and stimulus devices for electrophysiology and psychophysical experiments. With these devices, you can collect responses for threshold estimation with a response buttons or psychophysical rating scales.

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Nocitech CPAR

Nocitech ApS offered the Nocitech CPAR device from 2017 to 2021. The Nocitech CPAR will be continued to be supported by LabBench.

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National Instruments DAQmx

National Instruments DAQmx cards can be used with LabBench® to acquire and generate analogue signals.

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Resources

Introduction to LabBench

The Introduction to LabBench guide is a starting point for learning to define and run experiments with LabBench. This guide will introduce you to all the key concepts in LabBench and how they can be combined into protocols.

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LabBench Protocol Repository

The LabBench Protocol Repository is an open repository from experiments that comes automatically with LabBench. The protocols in this repository are a mix of experiments intended to demonstrate how to define experiments in LabBench, as well as standardized experiments/protocols reproduced from published papers.

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LabBench Beta Repository

The LabBench Beta program and repository is a collaboration between the team behind LabBench and scientists who use LabBench. The program aims to develop novel methods and paradigms for neuroscience. As such, many of the protocols in the repository are intended for a prerelease version of LabBench and contain experimental procedures under development.

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Get Started

By nature, research is novel, and no two research groups are the same. Our approach for the LabBench® and our research devices is that they serve as a starting point for your research studies that can be tailored to your needs. If you think LabBench® may or can be made into providing what is needed for your research studies, please contact us for an informal meeting or send an enquiry. Then we will explore whether there is a fit between what you need for your experiments and what we can provide.

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Our goal is to create open and novel research devices for neuroscience.

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