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NeuroMat NES (Neuroscience Experiments System)

NeuroMat presents the Neuroscience Experiments System (NES), a software to manage data from neuroscience experiments. NES is a web­based system developed within the NeuroMat project that provides facilities to record data and metadata from each step of a neuroscience experiment in a secure and user friendly platform. It was developed to assist researchers in their data collecting routine throughout a neuroscience experiment, integrating data records from different types such as clinical, electrophysiological, imaging, and behavioral. Furthermore, it provides a unified repository (database) for the experimental data of an entire research laboratory, group, or project. Its web interface and modular format provide an intuitive use of its data management functionalities. Its use does not depend on any specific knowledge on informatics.

Features

  • NES allows to register the experimental protocol in a textual format.
  • Various type of experiment data and metadata can be stored at each step of the experimental protocol.
  • This NES database is not public use. NES is installed in a laboratory computer machine that is controlled and managed by the laboratory.
  • NES allows to export all data and metadata of the experiments which it stores.

Integration with the NeuroMat Open Database

Several installations of NES can send experiment data to the NeuroMat Open Database where the experiments will be made publicly available. The integration of NES with the NeuroMat Open Database is currently being developed. Through NES, a researcher will be able to send the data and metadata of his/her experiments to the NeuroMat Open Database.
The data is anonymized before being sent from NES to the Open Database; no sensitive data leaves NES or is stored in the Open Database. When a new dataset of an experiment arrives at the Open Database, it will be evaluated by a curatorial committee. The committee will analyze if the dataset is appropriate for publication on the NeuroMat Open Database. The researcher will be notified of the status of his/her data submission. After approval, the dataset will be made publicly available on the NeuroMat Open Database web portal.

Documentation

The Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (CEPID NeuroMat) software development team has released version 0.2.1 of Neuroscience Experiments System (NES), an open-source tool to organize, control and manage clinical, neurophysiological and experimental data gathered in hospitals and research institutions.

This documentation is divided in 4 parts:

  1. Installation v0.1 (Python 2.7): Shows the step-by-step required to install NES v0.1 in a new server;
  2. Installation v0.3 (Python 3.4): Shows the step-by-step required to install NES v0.3 in a new server;
  3. Installation v0.12 (Python 3.4): Shows the step-by-step required to install NES v0.12 in a new server;
  4. LimeSurvey: Explains how LimeSurvey, an open source system for online question-and-answer surveys, can be used in a way that allows integration with NES;
  5. User Guide: Explains the utility and how to use the functionalities of NES;
  6. Videos: Lists video tutorials related to the system; and
  7. Training: Stores learning materials from training courses on NES and LimeSurvey.

NES version 1.38.0

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