Heart Failure, Motor Skills and Muscular Dystrophy—New Citations

New publications have been released featuring BIOPAC research solutions. As always, these studies and more can be found over at our publications page. These brand new publications include: Training Adaptations and Muscle Oxidative Capacity in Heart Failure: Researchers tested the widely held belief that exercise intolerance and skeletal muscle dysfunction us associated with Systolic Heart […]

Bed Rest, Stress, and Neuromuscular Fatigue: New BIOPAC Citations

New publications have been released featuring BIOPAC research solutions. As always, these studies and more can be found over at our publications page. These brand new publications include: Effects of Head-Down Bed Rest on Brain Physiology and Working Memory: Researcher's used bed rest (specifically in head-down position) to simulate the effects that the prolonged weightlessness […]

New Studies with BIOPAC Solutions – March 2015

New publications have been released featuring BIOPAC research solutions. As always, these studies and more can be found over at our publications page. These brand new publications include: Recovering Alcoholics Brain Reactivity to Alcohol: This study examined functional brain differences between individuals with varying amounts of time in alcoholic recovery. The researcher’s utilized a BIOPAC […]

New Studies with BIOPAC Solutions – February 2015

BIOPAC research systems have been featured in a number of recent studies. These new studies are just some of the 20,000 scholarly references featuring BIOPAC solutions and others can be found over at our publications page. Here are some of the highlights of the new papers that utilized BIOPAC products: Reading Comprehension & ADHD Symptoms: […]

Electrical Stimulators for Physiological Research Pt. 2 – BIOPAC Blog

All stimulators incorporate a fundamental characteristic known as “compliance.” In part 2 of our electrical stimulation article, we dissect the differences and importance between voltage compliance and current compliance. Read more on the BIOPAC blog – Electrical Stimulators: Compliance.

Electrical Stimulators for Physiological Research – BIOPAC Blog

Any physiological measurement is concerned with the subject of stimulus and response. Highly-controlled electrical stimulation capability can provide a unique tool for life science researchers to discern sensory function and associated physiological responses in living subjects. Read more on the BIOPAC blog – Electrical Stimulators for Physiological Research.

BIOPAC Solutions Cited in New Studies

BIOPAC research systems have recently been featured in a number of new studies. These experiments cover a wide variety of subjects, including benefits of yoga-type breathing, mapping brain abnormalities in bipolar disorder, and the effects that reward and threat interact to effect cognitive tasks. Here are some of the new papers that utilize BIOPAC products: […]

BSL Physiology Labs Enhance Medical Education – new citation

A recent study added Biopac Student Lab musculoskeletal and cardiovascular physiology labs to traditional osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) and found that “Students' favorable feedback indicates the quality of learning in the laboratories was enhanced by the addition of physiologic measurements.” Using BSL hardware and software to record, interpret, and analyze real-time changes in specific physiologic […]

MRI Gating Introduction features BIOPAC Solutions

At BIOPAC, we’re dedicated to enabling greater discovery. There are only a few things that make us more proud than seeing our research tools being used to help teach others. Researchers and educators alike will be interested in the informative mri-q.com website, where our products are being used as examples to inform readers about MRI […]

Recording Cardiac Output Measurements in an MRI

Acting to support researchers affiliated with UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, BIOPAC developed a specialized Noninvasive Cardiac Output amplifier module designed for operation in an MRI. The team successfully captured and analyzed impedance cardiography (ICG) from a subject during fMRI. Titled “Simultaneous acquisition of functional magnetic resonance images and impedance cardiography,” […]