NES

NES manages and tracks experimental neuroscience data provenance to enable systematic collection, storage, and analysis of clinical, electrophysiological, and behavioral datasets.


Key Features:

  • Data Management: Provides a unified repository for collection, consolidation, and storage of experimental data across a research group.
  • Provenance Tracking: Records data provenance for experiments to support reproducibility and traceability of analyses.
  • Standardized Formats and Analysis Reporting: Supports standardized data formats and analysis reporting to enhance reproducibility and facilitate data sharing.
  • Modular Architecture: Employs a modular design that promotes interoperability, adaptability, and compliance with community standards.
  • Metadata Management: Systematically captures and stores comprehensive metadata associated with experiments.

Scientific Applications:

  • Clinical neuroscience: Standardizes and organizes clinical experimental data to support validation and integration of clinical findings.
  • Electrophysiology: Manages electrophysiological datasets and associated metadata to facilitate reproducible analysis.
  • Behavioral studies: Consolidates behavioral experiment data and metadata to enable reproducible analyses and data integration.

Methodology:

Implements a cohesive framework for data collection and storage that integrates with existing research workflows.

Topics

Details

License:
MPL-2.0
Cost:
Free of charge
Tool Type:
command-line tool
Operating Systems:
Mac, Linux, Windows
Programming Languages:
Python, JavaScript
Added:
6/15/2022
Last Updated:
6/15/2022

Operations

Data Inputs & Outputs

Publications

Ruiz-Olazar M, Rocha ES, Vargas CD, Braghetto KR. The Neuroscience Experiments System (NES)–A Software Tool to Manage Experimental Data and Its Provenance. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics. 2022;15. doi:10.3389/fninf.2021.768615. PMID:35069167. PMCID:PMC8777234.

PMID: 35069167
PMCID: PMC8777234
Funding: - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico: 309560/2017-9, 426579/2016-0 - Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: CNE 202.785/2018, E-26/010.002418/2019, E26/010002474/2016 - Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos: PROINFRA HOSPITALAR grant #18.569-8 - Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Paraguay: PINV18-665

Documentation