Neurophysiological experiments investigating the functional properties of large
ensembles of neurons involve recording brain signals with large numbers of electrodes.
Because each of the electrodes used in these experiments generally records from
multiple neurons, the first step before analyzing the data is to sort out the action
potentials emitted by each individual neuron.
Hence, each putative action potential or "spike" must be grouped together with other spikes
that are thought to belong to the same neuron. Such a group of spikes is referred to as
a "cluster", and the whole process of sorting out the action potentials is thus known as
"spike sorting" or "cluster cutting".
Klusters is a powerful and easy-to-use cluster cutting application.
Klusters is part of a larger data analysis framework, including NeuroScope and other utilities which are currently under development. While Klusters can be used as a standalone application, some of its features are most useful within this framework.
