Subject state changes covers surgical procedures and other methods that allows you to track or record from a subject(s). Subject state change types share relationships, but fields are tailored to the various Subject state change-types.
Types of subject state changes:
- Brain lesion: surgical procedure where a lesion is performed to brain tissue. The skull bone is not following a craniotomy
- Craniectomy: a surgical removal a portion of the skull to expose the brain. The skull bone is not replaced following a craniectomy.
- Craniotomy: a surgical removal of part of the bone from the skull to expose the brain. The skull bone is replaced following a craniotomy.
- Optic fiber implant: a surgical implantation of an optic fiber.
- Brain perfusion fixation: Perfusion is the passage of fluid through the blood vessels or natural channels of an organ or organism. In tissue fixation via perfusion, the fixative is pumped into the circulatory system, usually through a needle inserted into the left ventricle.
- Single wire electrode: Implantation of a single wire electrode.
- Silicon probe implant: Implantation of a silicon probe.
- Brain slice: Brain slices are ex vivo preparations obtained by serial sectioning of brain tissue
- Tetrode wire electrode: Implantation of a tetrode wire electrode
- Virus injection: Injection of a virus into the brain. Typically performed with a small glass capillary.
Two-Part submission form
The Subject state change submission form consists of two parts. In the first part, you must fill in the required fields. Once you click "Create and continue," the entry is created, and you can continue editing it on the second part of the form, which contains all the fields.
Fields
- Type: the type of subject state change (required).
- Subject: The subject the subject state change was performed on (required).
- Description: Description of the subject state change.
- Date and time: Date and time the subject state change was performed.
- Consumable: Consumable used in the subject state change.
- Hardware device: Hardware device used to perform the subject state change.
- Brain region: Target brain region where the subject state change was performed.
- Coordinates system: The Coordinate system.
- Coordinates: Where the subject state change is performed. Learn more about the types of coordinate systems and specific values on the documentation website.
- Type details: These are type specific fields.
Permissions
Subject state changes inherits permissions from projects via the subject associate with the entry. For more information on permissions, please visit the permissions page.
Subject state change API Access
The API allows for programmable access to Subject state changes, enabling you to read, edit, and delete subject state changes through the API. For details about the subject state change's fields and data structure, refer to the Subject state change API page.
