Welcome to the SpyKING CIRCUS’s documentation!

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The SpyKING CIRCUS is a massively parallel code to perform semi automatic spike sorting on large extra-cellular recordings. Using a smart clustering and a greedy template matching approach, the code can solve the problem of overlapping spikes, and has been tested both for in vitro and in vivo data, from tens of channels to up to 4225 channels. Results are very good, cross-validated on several datasets, and details of the algorithm can be found in the following publication: http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/08/04/067843

Note

In 0.4.2, we introduce the smart_search mode in the clustering section. This is a powerful features that can boost a lot the clustering, so do not hesitate to give it a try. It may become on by default in future releases. In a nutshell, this option, when activated, will make sure that the subset of spikes selected to obtain the templates are not selected randomly, but with a rejection method that will try to ensure that all types of spikes are equally collected, in order not to miss under-represented spikes. This is especially usefull for low thresholds, or long recordings.

Warning

The latest version is 0.4.3, stable, but bugs fixes/improvements are made here and there based on feedback from users. So please always be sure to regularly update your installation. If you want to be kept updated with fixes, please register to our Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/spyking-circus-users

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