A software platform for real-time and adaptive neuroscience experiments.

ABSTRACT: Current neuroscience research is often limited to testing predetermined hypotheses and post hoc analysis of already collected data. Adaptive experimental designs, in which modeling drives ongoing data collection and selects experimental manipulations, offer a promising alternative. However, such adaptive paradigms require tight integration between software and hardware under real-time constraints. We introduce improv, a software platform for flexible integration of modeling, data collection, analysis pipelines, and live experimental control. We demonstrate both in silico and in vivo how improv enables efficient experimental designs for discovery and validation across various model organisms and data types. We used improv to orchestrate real-time behavioral analyses, rapid functional typing

SUBMITTER: Draelos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12606217 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature