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These software applications are Copyrighted (Farzan Nadim, 2006) but available for free to the scientific community.
network (Version 2.07)
network is a no-frills neural simulation software that is user-friendly
and produces text files (not fancy plots or diagrams) as output. network
only runs in linux or a linux-compatible
environment such as the linux-emulator cygwin
in MS Windows or
any Unix OS with bash,
gawk and
gcc or in
Mac OS X. Click here for more
information:
NETWORK
Our laboratory develops and maintains several software Virtual Instruments in Lab Windows/CVI (National Instruments, TX):
Scope (Version 7.75; Needs National
Instruments Data Acquisition Board and NI-DAQ)
Scope is data acquisition software developed by our lab in Lab Windows/CVI (National Instruments, TX). It is used to acquire electrophysiological data. It offers functionality of traditional strip chart recorder and oscilloscope. Scope can acquire up to eight input channels simultaneously. It displays data from acquired channels in real time. Acquired data can also be saved on disk in binary format with a header to store information about the data. The data file is named using yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss.scp convention. Scope also offers various options such as filters, Fourier transforms, unit conversions etc. Scope works on windows with E series analog to digital conversion boards of National Instruments.
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Read Scope (Version 7.75)
Read Scope is data analysis software developed by our lab in Lab Windows/CVI (National Instruments, TX). Scope and Dynamic Clamp software save electrophysiological data is stored in binary format on the disk. These data files can be viewed using Read Scope. The data file is named using yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss.scp convention. The file contains fixed format header with information about the data. Read Scope decodes the header and displays the data. Read Scope offers various options such as filter, Fourier transforms, extracting spikes, calculating area under curves etc. Read Scope works on windows operating system.
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Readme File
Dynamic Clamp (Version 1.58; Needs National
Instruments Data Acquisition Board and NI-DAQ)
Dynamic Clamp is a computational system, which mimics living biological neuron and interacts with biological neuron in real time. This software is windows version of Dynamic Clamp. It allows two biological cells and one model cell with synapses among them. For each cell, maximum of ten ionic channels can be specified. Acquired data and calculated (injected) currents are displayed in real time. Acquired and calculated data can also be saved on disk in binary format with a header to store information about the data. The data file is named using yyyy_mm_dd_hh_mm_ss.scp
convention. It offers user-friendly graphical interface to change the
parameters. It uses advanced programming features such as multithreading. This
version of dynamic clamp works only with NI-DAQ Traditional (NOT mx). It works
on Windows with E series boards of National Instruments.
For 12 bit boards:
Downkload 12 bit version.
For 16 bit boards:
Download 16 bit version.
DataMaster (Version 2.2)
DataMaster is a program to perform phase analysis and simple frequency analysis
of one or more periodic (i.e. bursting) signals.
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Phase Response (Version 1.22)
Phase Response is a software that injects waveforms (pulse, sine, etc.) at a
fixed phase or time delay into an oscillating neuron. The waveform can be
injected as current or conductance (i.e. dynamic clamp). The injection could be
once or multiple times (entrainment). If a fixed phase is chosen for the
waveform stimulus, the time delay to the beginning of the stimulus is calculated
using the previous cycle period. The program can inject the stimulus from the
beginning or end of a "burst" for a bursting neuron. If the neuron is only
spiking, the detection parameters should be adjusted to allow for individual
spikes to be considered a burst.
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Instructions for Installation
1. Download .zip file on your PC.
2. Unzip the file and extract all the files in a temporary folder.
3. Click on setup.exe and follow the instructions to install the software.
For more information on National Instruments DAQ boards, please visit www.ni.com
For help regarding installations and use of the software, please e-mail
farzan@newark.rutgers.edu
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