Links¶

• http://neuralensemble.org - The NeuralEnsemble initiative
• http://software.incf.org - The !INCF software center, a resource that makes it easy for neuroscientists to find, use and share software tools. - NeuralEnsemble Cookbook - share your recipies!
• PyNN - simulator-independent specification of neuronal network models in Python
• OpenElectrophy - simplified data and analysis sharing for intra- and extra-cellular recordings leveraging !MySQL.
• NEURON - a standard package in the community for empirically-based simulations of neurons and networks of neurons.
• NEST - for simulating large heterogeneous networks of point neurons or neurons with a small number of compartments.
• PCSIM - a tool for distributed simulation of heterogeneous networks composed of different model neurons and synapses.
• FACETS Neuromorphic VLSI - networks with billions of synapses operating 10⁴ times faster than biological nervous systems.
• Brian - a new simulator for spiking neural networks with in Python, well suited for rapid development of new models, especially networks of single-compartment neurons, and teaching computational neuroscience.
• MOOSE/GENESIS - The Multiscale Object-Oriented Simulation Environment. It is the base and numerical core for large, detailed simulations including Computational Neuroscience and Systems Biology.
• Neurospaces/GENESIS is a development center for software components of computational neuroscience simulators.
• MUSIC - MUlti-SImulation Coordinator
• PyBrain is a modular Machine Learning Library for Python.
• BRAHMS is a Modular Execution Framework, knitting together process software written independently into a single integrated system, and supervising the deployment and execution of that system.
• MDP - Modular toolkit for Data Processing (MDP) is a Python data processing framework.
• PsychoPy is an open-source package for creating psychology stimuli in Python combining the graphical strengths of OpenGL with the easy Python syntax.
• VisionEgg is a high level interface between Python and OpenGL for automatic generation of traditional visual stimuli.
• PANDORA’s Toolbox is a set of database analysis and visualization tools in MATLAB (c) for simulated and recorded electrophysiological data.

License¶

NeuroTools: Analysis, visualization and management of real and simulated neuroscience data. Copyright (C) 2010 Daniel Bruederle, Andrew Davison, Jens Kremkow, Eric Mueller, Eilif Muller, Martin Nawrot, Michael Pereira, Laurent Perrinet, Michael Schmuker, Pierre Yger.

NeuroTools is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

The GNU General Public License does not permit this software to be redistributed in proprietary programs.

Acknowledgments¶

NeuroTools is a community-driven open-source project with many hard working contributors: see the AUTHORS and THANKS files.

NeuroTools software development is supported in part by the EU under the grant IST-2005-15879 (FACETS) for years 2005 to 2010 and by European Union project Number FP7-269921, BrainScales from 2010 to 2014.