ToolConnect: A Functional Connectivity Toolbox for In vitro Networks.

ABSTRACT: Nowadays, the use of in vitro reduced models of neuronal networks to investigate the interplay between structural-functional connectivity and the emerging collective dynamics is a widely accepted approach. In this respect, a relevant advance for this kind of studies has been given by the recent introduction of high-density large-scale Micro-Electrode Arrays (MEAs) which have favored the mapping of functional connections and the recordings of the neuronal electrical activity. Although, several toolboxes have been implemented to characterize network dynamics and derive functional links, no specifically dedicated software for the management of huge amount of data and direct estimation of functional connectivity maps has been developed. toolconnect offers the implementation of up to date algor

SUBMITTER: Pastore VP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4811958 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature