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ArticleeLife2023

Pynapple, a toolbox for data analysis in neuroscience.

Guillaume Viejo, Daniel Levenstein, Sofia Skromne Carrasco, Dhruv Mehrotra, Sara Mahallati, Gilberto R Vite, Henry Denny, Lucas Sjulson, Francesco P Battaglia, Adrien Peyrache

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Article in eLife, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Guillaume ViejoMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2450-7397
Daniel LevensteinMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5507-9145
Sofia Skromne CarrascoMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Dhruv MehrotraMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5813-3218
Sara MahallatiMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Gilberto R ViteMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Henry DennyMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Lucas SjulsonDepartments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, United States.
Francesco P BattagliaDonders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Adrien PeyracheMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9708-309X

Funding

CIHR 155957CIHR 180330
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Datasets collected in neuroscientific studies are of ever-growing complexity, often combining high-dimensional time series data from multiple data acquisition modalities. Handling and manipulating these various data streams in an adequate programming environment is crucial to ensure reliable analysis, and to facilitate sharing of reproducible analysis pipelines. Here, we present Pynapple, the PYthon Neural Analysis Package, a lightweight python package designed to process a broad range of time-resolved data in systems neuroscience. The core feature of this package is a small number of versatile objects that support the manipulation of any data streams and task parameters. The package includes a set of methods to read common data formats and allows users to easily write their own. The resulting code is easy to read and write, avoids low-level data processing and other error-prone steps, and is open source. Libraries for higher-level analyses are developed within the Pynapple framework but are contained within a collaborative repository of specialized and continuously updated analysis routines. This provides flexibility while ensuring long-term stability of the core package. In conclusion, Pynapple provides a common framework for data analysis in neuroscience.

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NeurosciencesSoftwareData Analysisdata analysisneurosciencesoftware packagesystems neuroscience

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PMID37843985
PMCPMC10578930

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