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zebraPHYS: a visualization tool
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Auditory neurons in the brain are excited by certain features in sound. When they become excited, they are more likely to have an action potential which is a spike of electrical activity that is transmitted to the next node along the pathway. The series of spikes (spike train) produced in response to a stimulus (e.g., a song) provides information about the role of the neuron in auditory processing. Different neurons respond to different features of a sound. We can see this in the probability of firing at different times. Some neurons respond strongly during the notes of a song while others respond more strongly to the onset or offset of a note. This tool visualizes the response of a set of neurons in different auditory processing regions of a brain. These data were collected from zebra finches in response to hearing a song.