Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: LFPy
Version: 0.9.1
Summary: A module for modeling Local Field Potentials built on NEURON
Home-page: http://compneuro.umb.no/LFPy/
Author: Espen Hagen
Author-email: ehagen@umb.no
License: LICENSE.txt
Description: 
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        LFPy
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        LFPy is a Python-module for calculation of extracellular potentials from multicompartment neuron models.
        It relies on the NEURON simulator (http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron) and uses the 
        Python interface (http://www.frontiersin.org/neuroinformatics/10.3389/neuro.11.001.2009/abstract) it provides.
        
        
        LFPy provides a set of easy-to-use Python classes for setting up your model, running your simulations and calculating the extracellular potentials arising from activity in your model neuron. If you have a model working in `NEURON <www.neuron.yale.edu>`_
        already, it is likely that it can be adapted to work with LFPy.
        
        The extracellular potentials are calculated from transmembrane currents in multi-compartment neuron models using the line-source method (Holt & Koch, J Comp Neurosci 1999), but a simpler point-source method is also available. The calculations assume that the neuron are surrounded by an infinite extracellular medium with homogeneous and frequency independent conductivity, and compartments are assumed to be at least at a minimal distance from the electrode (which can be specified by the user). For more information on the biophysics underlying the numerical framework used see this coming book chapter:
        
        - K.H. Pettersen, H. Linden, A.M. Dale and G.T. Einevoll: Extracellular spikes and current-source density, in *Handbook of Neural Activity Measurement*, edited by R. Brette and A. Destexhe, Cambridge, to appear `[preprint PDF, 5.7MB] <http://arken.umb.no/~gautei/forskning/PettersenLindenDaleEinevoll-BookChapter-revised.pdf>`_
        
        In the present version LFPy is mainly designed for simulation of single neurons.
        
        LFPy was developed in the Computational Neuroscience Group (http://compneuro.umb.no), Department of Mathemathical Sciences and Technology <http://www.umb.no/imt>`_,
        at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (http://www.umb.no) ,
        in collaboration with the Laboratory of Neuroinformatics (http://www.nencki.gov.pl/en/laboratory-of-neuroinformatics), 
        Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology (http://www.nencki.gov.pl), Warsaw, Poland. The effort was supported by 
        International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (http://incf.org) and the the Research Council of Norway (http://www.forskningsradet.no/english) (eScience, NevroNor).
        
        This scientific software is released under the GNU Public License GPLv3.
        
        Requirements
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        To install LFPy you will need the following:
        
        1.  Python, seems to work fine with recent python since 2.6.x (2.6.6 or newer recommended), 2.7.x works fine.
        2.  Python modules numpy, scipy, matplotlib
        3.  NEURON (from http://www.neuron.yale.edu) compiled as a Python module, so the following should execute without error in Python console:
            ::
            
                import neuron
                neuron.test()
        
        	
           
        4.  Cython (C-extensions for python, cython.org) to speed up simulations of extracellular fields
        
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Cython
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Requires: numpy
Requires: scipy
Requires: matplotlib
Requires: neuron
Requires: Cython
Provides: LFPy
