Behavior + Fiber Photometry

Simultaneously record Fiber Photometry
with time-locked Behavioral data.

TDT has two complete Fiber Photometry systems to simultaneously support Fiber Photometry and Behavioral Neuroscience experimentation, both designed so you can focus on your research, not equipment.

RZ10x with iCon
The RZ10x is an external processor that includes everything you need for Fiber Photometry research built into a single unit with full scalability.  Add the iCon chassis with behavioral modules to your RZ10x to fit the needs of any experimental paradigm.  Additionally, the RZ10x with iCon system is also hardware compatible with most third-party behavioral chambers.

iConZ with iX6
The iConZ is also a chassis for interchangeable behavioral modules, but the iConZ has a built-in processor – eliminating the need for an external TDT processor.  Adding the iX6 Fiber Photometry module to the iConZ provides a lower-cost option for Fiber Photometry, with the same flexibility to integrate behavioral experimentation. The iConZ / iX6 system is also hardware compatible with most third-party behavioral chambers.

Software
Both Fiber Photometry Systems run on TDT’s base software platform, Synapse, which allows extensive control to design, manage and collect data for experiments. TDT’s Pynapse is a Python-based coding interface that integrates with Synapse.  For behavior paradigms, Pynapse controls behavior inputs and outputs, such as lever presses, nose pokes, and pellet dispensers, and drives event-based behavioral states. Pynapse can also process data from our Synapse software online, such as calculating neural firing rates and averaging evoked responses.