[ExI] Fwd: Neuromap software freely available

[Adrian Tymes]

There's a break in the URL, pointing to google.com instead of
sites.google.com.

However, it's 404 on sites.google.com too.

CCing the original poster so he knows the link's broken.  It
would be interesting to see this software.

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
> 404. That’s an error.
> The requested URL /site/neuromapsoftware was not found on this server.
> That’s all we know.
>
> 2011/3/11 Bryan Bishop <kanzure at gmail.com>:
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Blaise Yvert <blaise.yvert at u-bordeaux1.fr>
>> Date: Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:23 AM
>> Subject: [mea-users] Neuromap software freely available
>> To: mea-users at yahoogroups.com
>>
>>
>> Dear colleagues, dear friends,
>>
>> We are pleased to announce the recent publication of the following paper
>> describing Neuromap, a matlab-based software that we make available to the
>> community under the GNU GPL license. Please, feel free to download and use
>> it !
>>
>> Abdoun O, Joucla S, Mazzocco C, Yvert B. (2011) NeuroMap : A spline-based
>> interactive open-source software for spatiotemporal mapping of 2D and 3D MEA
>> data. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 4:119. doi:10.3389/fninf.2010.00119.
>>
>> A major characteristic of neural networks is the complexity of their
>> organization at various spatial scales, from microscopic local circuits to
>> macroscopic brain-scale areas. Understanding how neural information is
>> processed thus entails the ability to study them at multiple scales
>> simultaneously. This is made possible using microelectrodes array (MEA)
>> technology. Indeed, high-density MEAs provide large-scale coverage (several
>> square millimeters) of whole neural structures combined with microscopic
>> resolution (about 50 μm) of unit activity. Yet, current options for
>> spatiotemporal representation of MEA-collected data remain limited. Here we
>> present NeuroMap, a new interactive Matlab-based software for spatiotemporal
>> mapping of MEA data. NeuroMap uses thin plate spline interpolation, which
>> provides several assets with respect to conventional mapping methods used
>> currently. First, any MEA design can be considered, including 2D or 3D,
>> regular or irregular, arrangements of electrodes. Second, spline
>> interpolation allows the estimation of activity across the tissue with local
>> extrema not necessarily at recording sites. Finally, this interpolation
>> approach provides a straightforward analytical estimation of the spatial
>> Laplacian for better current sources localization. In this software,
>> coregistration of 2D MEA data on the anatomy of the neural tissue is made
>> possible by fine matching of anatomical data with electrode positions using
>> rigid-deformation-based correction of anatomical pictures. Overall, NeuroMap
>> provides substantial material for detailed spatiotemporal analysis of MEA
>> data.The package is distributed under GNU General Public License and
>> available at http://sites. google.com/site/neuromapsoftware.
>>
>> Best wishes from Bordeaux,
>> Blaise.
>>
>> --
>> Research Director
>> CNRS and Université de Bordeaux UMR 5287
>> The Aquitaine Institute for Cognitive and Integrative Neuroscience (INCIA)
>> PI Team 4: Neurotechnology and Network Dynamics
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>> http://services.incia.u-bordeaux1.fr/article.php3?id_article=161
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> - Bryan
>> http://heybryan.org/
>> 1 512 203 0507
>>
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