SigMate: A Matlab-based automated tool for extracellular neuronal signal processing and analysis

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-112

  Mahmud, Mufti ^a,b   Bertoldo, Alessandra ^a   Girardi, Stefano ^a   Maschietto, Marta ^a   Vassanelli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Brain machine interfacing; EOSFET; Local field potential; Neuronal signal analysis; Neuronal signal analysis software; Neuronal signal processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXTRACELLULAR NEURONAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSOR;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEURONS; RATS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84860195449     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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