Ephus: multipurpose data acquisition software for neuroscience experiments Open Access (recommended)
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- Resource type(s)
- Journal Article
- Keyword
- Neuroscience
Neocortex
Software
Data
- Rights
- Attribution 4.0 International
- Creator
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Suter, Benjamin
Shepherd, Gordon M G
O'Connor, Timothy
Kiritani, Taro
- Abstract
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Physiological measurements in neuroscience experiments often involve complex stimulus paradigms and multiple data channels. Ephus (http://www.ephus.org) is an open-source software package designed for general-purpose data acquisition and instrument control. Ephus operates as a collection of modular programs, including an ephys program for standard whole-cell recording with single or multiple electrodes in typical electrophysiological experiments, and a mapper program for synaptic circuit mapping experiments involving laser scanning photostimulation based on glutamate uncaging or channelrhodopsin-2 excitation. Custom user functions allow user-extensibility at multiple levels, including on-line analysis and closed-loop experiments, where experimental parameters can be changed based on recently acquired data, such as during in vivo behavioral experiments. Ephus is compatible with a variety of data acquisition and imaging hardware. This paper describes the main features and modules of Ephus and their use in representative experimental applications.
- Original Bibliographic Citation
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Suter BA, O'Connor T, Iyer V, Petreanu LT, Hooks BM, Kiritani T, Svoboda K, Shepherd GM. (2010) Ephus: multipurpose data acquisition software for neuroscience experiments. Front Neural Circuits 4:100.
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DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library
- Date Created
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2010
- Original Identifier
- (PMID)21960959
- Language
- English
- Subject: MESH
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Neurosciences--methods
Electrophysiology--instrumentation
Software
Data Collection
Information Storage and Retrieval
- DOI
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10.18131/G3Z30J
- ARK
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ark:/c8131/g3z30j
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