Mock Christenson Wick Lab Resources

Department of Bioengineering

The Christenson Wick Lab

Neural patterns of healthy brain function and disease

Resources from the Christenson Wick Lab

PhaSER 

PhaSER is an open-source tool for phase-specific manipulations of neural activity developed by Paul A Philipsberg and Zoé Christenson Wick in the Shuman Lab at Mount Sinai.

Full source, installation instructions and usage examples are on Github.

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Requirements
Hardware
  • LabVIEW2017 or later
  • DAQmx compatible PCIe DAQ with at least 5 analog inputs, 2 digital outputs, and one hardware counter
Software
  • Local installation of MATLAB 7.2 or later (for execution of MATLAB script node to estimate autoregressive coefficients using Yule-Walker method in MATLAB)
Experimental setup

[Placeholder, but perhaps headstage/electrode suggestions, etc.?]

Validation and Relevant publications
Validation (PrePrint)

PhaSER's validation and its application to studying seizure susceptibility.

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Technical details (PrePRINT)

Further technical details on how PhaSER works.

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Usage (Webinar)

An Open Box Science webinar on PhaSER and its uses.

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how to cite

If you use any version of PhaSER or its source code, please cite this preprint: 

Christenson Wick, Z., Philipsberg, PA., Kohler, C., Lamsifer, S.I., Katanov, E., Adam, C.D., Gordon, K.E., Feng, Y., Vetere, L.M., Donnelly, G.C., Humphrey, C., Cai, D.J., Shuman, T. Interneuron theta phase locking controls seizure susceptibility. bioRxiv 2025. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.10.675457

ADDITIONAL Contact & support
Lab contact

[Placeholder lab email address]

Bug reports

Open an issue on the Github repository.

The Christenson Wick Lab 

Founded in 2026, the Christenson Wick Lab is a neuroscience research group within the University of Oregon's Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Based in the Department of Bioengineering in Eugene, Oregon, the Christenson Wick Lab explores the neural patterns behind healthy brain function, diseases like epilepsy and age-related cognitive decline.