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ArticleeNeuro2025

RealtimeDecoder: A Fast Software Module for Online Clusterless Decoding.

Joshua P Chu, Michael E Coulter, Eric L Denovellis, Trevor Thai K Nguyen, Daniel F Liu, Xinyi Deng, Uri T Eden, Caleb T Kemere, Loren M Frank

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Article in eNeuro, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors.

Joshua P ChuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005.
Michael E CoulterDepartment of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158 michael.coulter@ucsf.edu caleb.kemere@rice.edu loren.frank@ucsf.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0357-351X
Eric L DenovellisDepartment of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158.
Trevor Thai K NguyenDepartment of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158.
Daniel F LiuDepartment of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158.
Xinyi DengDepartment of Statistics and Data Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100021, China.
Uri T EdenDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
Caleb T KemereDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005 michael.coulter@ucsf.edu caleb.kemere@rice.edu loren.frank@ucsf.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2054-0234
Loren M FrankDepartment of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158 michael.coulter@ucsf.edu caleb.kemere@rice.edu loren.frank@ucsf.edu.

Funding

Div Supp: Daniela del Rio Pulido CRCNS: Unsupervised Learning of Hippocampal Sequence Dynamic in SleepR01NS115233 · NINDS · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI DIBA, KAMRAN, KEMERE, CALEB · 2019 to 2023
$2.3M
Linking Hippocampal Replay Content to Learning and Decision-MakingF32MH123003 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI COULTER, MICHAEL EDWARD · 2020 to 2022
$216k
NIMH NIH HHS F32 MH123003NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS115233
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decoding algorithms provide a powerful tool for understanding the firing patterns that underlie cognitive processes such as motor control, learning, and recall. When implemented in the context of a real-time system, decoders also make it possible to deliver feedback based on the representational content of ongoing neural activity. That, in turn, allows experimenters to test hypotheses about the role of that content in driving downstream activity patterns and behaviors. While multiple real-time systems have been developed, they are typically implemented with a compiled programming language, making them more difficult for users to quickly adapt for new experiments. Here we present a software system written in the widely used Python programming language to facilitate rapid experimentation. Our solution implements the state space based clusterless decoding algorithm for an online, real-time environment. The parallelized application processes neural data with temporal resolution of 6 ms and median computational latency <50 ms for medium- to large-scale (32+ tetrodes) rodent hippocampus recordings without the need for spike sorting. It also executes auxiliary functions such as detecting sharp wave ripples from local field potential data. Even with an interpreted language, the performance is similar to state-of-the-art solutions that use compiled programming languages. We demonstrate this real-time decoder in a rat behavior experiment in which the decoder allowed closed-loop neurofeedback based on decoded hippocampal spatial representations. Overall this system provides a powerful and easy-to-modify tool for real-time feedback experiments.

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HippocampusNeuronsSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedSoftwareAction PotentialsAlgorithmsAnimalsMaleRatsbrain–machine interfacehippocampuslearningmemoryreal-time neural decoding

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PMID41266142
PMCPMC12747469

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