Reproducibility and efficiency in handling complex neurophysiological data

e-Neuroforum, vol. 0

Abstract

Abstract Preparing a neurophysiological data set with the aim of sharing and publishing is hard. Many of the available tools and services to provide a smooth workflow for data publication are still in their maturing stages and not well integrated. Also, best practices and concrete examples of how to create a rigorous and complete package of an electrophysiology experiment are still lacking. Given the heterogeneity of the field, such unifying guidelines and processes can only be formulated together as a community effort. One of the goals of the NFDI-Neuro consortium initiative is to build such a community for systems and behavioral neuroscience. NFDI-Neuro aims to address the needs of the community to make data management easier and to tackle these challenges in collaboration with various international initiatives (e.g., INCF, EBRAINS). This will give scientists the opportunity to spend more time analyzing the wealth of electrophysiological data they leverage, rather than dealing with data formats and data integrity.

Authors 4

1. Michael Denker

   Forschungszentrum Jülich · Jülich Aachen Research Alliance

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6) and Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6) and JARA-Institute Brain Structure-Function Relationships (INM-10) , Jülich Research Centre , Jülich , Germany

2. Sonja Grün Aachen Theoretical Systems Neurobiology

   Forschungszentrum Jülich · Jülich Aachen Research Alliance · RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6) and Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6) and JARA-Institute Brain Structure-Function Relationships (INM-10) , Jülich Research Centre , Jülich , Germany

   Theoretical Systems Neurobiology, RWTH Aachen University , Aachen , Germany

3. Thomas Wächtler

   Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

   Affiliation as printed

   Department Biologie II , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , Planegg-Martinsried , Germany

4. Hansjörg Scherberger corresponding

   German Primate Center · University of Göttingen

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Biology and Psychology , University of Goettingen , Goettingen , Germany

   Neurobiology Laboratory , Deutsches Primatenzentrum GmbH , Kellnerweg 4 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany