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Allen Institute: Visual Coding – Neuropixels

The Visual Coding – Neuropixels project uses high-density extracellular electrophysiology (Ecephys) probes to record spikes from a wide variety of regions in the mouse brain. Our experiments are designed to study the activity of the visual cortex and thalamus in the context of passive visual stimulation, but these data can be used to address a wide variety of topics. Allen Brain Observatory Neuropixels dataset; ©2019 Allen Institute for Brain Science https://allensdk.readthedocs.io/en/latest/visual_coding_neuropixels.html

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