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Ephus, ScanImage & Neuroptikon: 3 new freely available neuroscience tools developed at Janelia Farm

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
August 20, 2010
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Submitted by Hank on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 17:42
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From Brain Windows: 

Ephus is a modular Matlab-based electrophysiology program that can control and record many channels of tools and data simultaneously.  

ScanImage is another Matlab-related software program that is used for optical imaging and stimulation of neurons in vitro and in vivo.  

Neuroptikon is a sophisticated network visualization tool. It can build Van Essen-like diagrams of any circuit you like ...

A lot more details, and links to download, at the URL above so go there.  Or if you are already well-versed, the three tools are released for free use under the HHMI/Janelia Farm open source license.

Ephus 2.1.0

ScanImage 2.6.1

Neuroptikon 0.9.9

H/T HHMI

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