Overview

An introduction to NBLAST from Greg.


NBLAST Online

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Very quick example of comparing 2 FlyCircuit neurons.

Searching for GMR GAL4 lines that label specific FlyCircuit neurons


Detailed example of making a tracing of a part of a group of neurons in registered image data downloaded from virtualflybrain.org.

Traced neurons can then be used as a query for NBLAST online (detailed run through).


Local install


Exploring Neuron Clusters


NBLAST Desktop

Installation


Assuming you have a neuron tracing, here is how to find the most similar neuron in a database in R using the nat.nblast package.


Here is an example of how to run code that generates some of the figures in our paper. The code for all figures is available on our lab github repo.


Troubleshooting

We recommend Chrome for NBLAST online, but you can also use Firefox or Safari. For Safari you must activate WebGL: Here’s how.