Firing Rates

Firing Rates analysis calculates and displays firing rates in specified time intervals or series of time intervals.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Time Period 1 Type	How period 1 is specified (None, Single Interval or Interval Variable).
Period 1 From (sec)	If period 1 type is Single Interval, interval start in seconds.
Period 1 To (sec)	If period 1 type is Single Interval, interval end in seconds.
Period 1 Interval Var.	If period 1 type is Interval Variable, selected interval variable.
Period 1 Inside/Outside	An option to calculate firing rates inside or outside specified time interval(s).
Send to Matlab	An option to send the matrix of numerical results to Matlab. See also Matlab Options .
Matrix Name	Specifies the name of the results matrix in Matlab workspace.
Matlab command	Specifies a Matlab command that is executed after the numerical results are sent to Matlab.
Send to Excel	An option to send numerical results or summary of numerical results to Excel. See also Excel Options .
Sheet Name	The name of the worksheet in Excel where to copy the numerical results.
TopLeft	Specifies the Excel cell where the results are copied. Should be in the form CR where C is Excel column name, R is the row number. For example, A1 is the top-left cell in the worksheet.

Summary of Numerical Results

The following information is available in the Summary of Numerical Results

Column	Description
Variable	Variable name.
Period Spec 1	Period 1 specification.
Period Length 1	Length of period 1 in seconds.
Spikes in Period 1	The number of spikes in period 1.
Firing rate in Period 1	Firing Rate in period 1 (spikes per second)

Algorithm

For each specified interval or interval variable (series of time intervals), the number of events (timestamps) within the time interval(s) is calculated. The number of timestamps is then divided by the duration of the intervals(s).