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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

Suter, Benjamin
Shepherd, Gordon M G
O'Connor, Timothy
Kiritani, Taro

Abstract

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

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.

Related URL

 http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncir.2010.00100/full

Publisher

DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library

Date Created

2010

Original Identifier

(PMID)21960959

Language

English

Subject: MESH

Neurosciences--methods
Electrophysiology--instrumentation
Software
Data Collection
Information Storage and Retrieval

DOI

10.18131/G3Z30J

ARK

ark:/c8131/g3z30j

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