Spike Manager : A New Tool for Spontaneous and Evoked Neuronal Networks Activity Characterization

Recent developments in the neuroengineering field and the widespread use of Micro Electrode Arrays (MEAs) for electrophysiological systems led to new investigation approaches in the study of large neuronal networks dynamics, both in in-vivo and in in-vitro conditions.In spite of these new possibilities there is still lack of commercially available software tools that can help in the management and analysis of large amount of data coming from experimental sessions.A new software tool, built on a Matlab environment, was developed with the aim to offer a valuable help to the neuroscientific community for processing the electrophysiological signals.In this paper we present the developed software tools and some examples of real applications related to spontaneous as well as evoked (i.e., electrically stimulated) electrophysiological neuronal network activity