This is a set of Matlab scripts for analyzing electrophysiological data, mostly written by Adam Taylor. They include scripts for things like loading data into Matlab from Axon or Spike2 formats, extracting spike and burst times from voltage recordings, and doing multitaper estimation of power spectra and coherence. There are also some scripts for generating special-purpose colormaps, like ones with (roughly) perceptually-uniform spacing, and ones for color-coding angles in a variety of different ways. Documentation is spotty, and is limited to comments in the code. But if you e-mail me a question, I'll try to answer it promptly. The current version is 1.04. It's designed to work with Matlab version 7.4 (R2007a) and above.

If you'd like use the functions for accessing Spike2 files, you'll also need to download Malcolm Lidiereth's Matlab SON Library v. 2.31. It's available here.

Click here to download the current version (1.04)

To install the current version:

1. Download the .zip file and save it.

2. Extract the files in the .zip to a directory called "taylor_matlab_toolbox_v1p04", placing it wherever you want it to live permanently. After this step, the directory taylor_matlab_toolbox_v1p04 should have subdirectories called "basics" and "data_analysis".

3. If you need to open Spike2 .smr files, download the Matlab SON Library v2.31 from here. Next, unzip the files to a directory called "son" within the directory taylor_matlab_toolbox_v1p03 that you created in the previous step.

4. Start Matlab, and select "Set Path..." from the "File" menu. Click on "Add with Subfolders...", then select the taylor_matlab_toolbox_v1p03 folder. Next click "Save". When it asks you whether you wish to save the current path for use in future Matlab sessions, click "Yes".

This page last updated March 31, 2008.