Comparing Open-Source Toolboxes for Processing and Analysis of Spike and Local Field Potentials Data

Valentina A Unakafova1, Alexander Gail1,2,3,4

  • 1Cognitive Neurosciences Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany.

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