An attempt of the programing for the graphical management of the cortical single unit responses to the tooth pulp stimulation.

Abstract

A brief program of the graphical management of the electrical activities in the nervous system has been prepared for the time sharing system (TSS) installed in Computer Center of Tohoku University. After the poststimulus time histograms (PSTH) of the cortical single unit responses to the tooth pulp stimulation were recorded by a universal statistic computer (TOSHIBA 800 CUSC, Type 34801M), the data inscribed with ASCII code were punched out by a tape puncher. The command, the program composed by FORTRAN-700 language and the data mentioned above were fed to the TSS terminal installed in Iwate Medical University. A numerical controled drafter established in Center was operated through the telecommunication line by the TSS terminal. The subroutines provided in Center were also used for drafter drawing. It is confirmed that, by using this system, the automatic performance of the PSTH drawing was done accurately and promptly. The time and labor to accomplish the drawing work were extremely reduced in this system. Furthermore, it was reported that magnification of scale in either one of vertical or horizontal axis on the histogram was adjustable by means of reforming of the program and that there are much advantages claimed for this system for the effective representation of the PSTH.