NSTAT: Open-source neural spike train analysis toolbox for Matlab

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-264

  Cajigas, I ^a,b   Malik, W Q ^a,b   Brown, E N ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Generalized linear models; Neuroscience; Open source; Point process; Signal processing; Spike trains; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OPEN SOURCE NEURAL SPIKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE WAVE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84867133778     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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