Analysis of spike and local field potential (LFP) data is an essential part of neuroscientific research. Today there exist many open-source toolboxes for spike and LFP data analysis implementing various functionality. Here we aim to provide a practical guidance for neuroscientists in the choice of an open-source toolbox best satisfying their needs. We overview major open-source toolboxes for spike and LFP data analysis as well as toolboxes with tools for connectivity analysis, dimensionality reduction and generalized linear modeling. We focus on comparing toolboxes functionality, statistical and visualization tools, documentation and support quality. To give a better insight, we compare and illustrate functionality of the toolboxes on open-access dataset or simulated data and make corresponding MATLAB scripts publicly available.

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比较用于处理和分析尖峰和局部场电位数据的开源工具箱。

尖峰电位和局部场电位 (LFP) 数据的分析是神经科学研究的重要组成部分。如今，存在许多用于峰值和 LFP 数据分析的开源工具箱，可实现各种功能。在这里，我们的目标是为神经科学家选择最能满足他们需求的开源工具箱提供实用指导。我们概述了用于尖峰和 LFP 数据分析的主要开源工具箱，以及带有连接分析、降维和广义线性建模工具的工具箱。我们专注于比较工具箱的功能、统计和可视化工具、文档和支持质量。为了提供更好的洞察力，我们比较和说明了开放访问数据集或模拟数据上的工具箱的功能，并公开了相应的 MATLAB 脚本。