Klusters, NeuroScope, NDManager: a free software suite for neurophysiological data processing and visualization

J Neurosci Methods. 2006 Sep 15;155(2):207-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.01.017. Epub 2006 Mar 31.

Abstract

Recent technological advances now allow for simultaneous recording of large populations of anatomically distributed neurons in behaving animals. The free software package described here was designed to help neurophysiologists process and view recorded data in an efficient and user-friendly manner. This package consists of several well-integrated applications, including NeuroScope (http://neuroscope.sourceforce.net), an advanced viewer for electrophysiological and behavioral data with limited editing capabilities, Klusters (http://klusters.sourceforge.net), a graphical cluster cutting application for manual and semi-automatic spike sorting, NDManager (GPL,see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html), an experimental parameter and data processing manager. All of these programs are distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL, see ), which gives its users legal permission to copy, distribute and/or modify the software. Also included are extensive user manuals and sample data, as well as source code and documentation.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Computer Graphics*
  • Electronic Data Processing / methods*
  • Humans
  • Neurophysiology / methods*
  • Programming Languages*
  • User-Computer Interface