CellExplorer data conversion

Install NeuroConv with the additional dependencies necessary for reading CellExplorer data.

pip install "neuroconv[cellexplorer]"

Convert CellExplorer sorting data to NWB using CellExplorerSortingInterface.

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
>>> from pathlib import Path
>>> from neuroconv.datainterfaces import CellExplorerSortingInterface
>>>
>>> # For this interface we need to pass the location of the ``cellinfo.mat`` file
>>> file_path = f"{ECEPHY_DATA_PATH}/cellexplorer/dataset_1/20170311_684um_2088um_170311_134350.spikes.cellinfo.mat"
>>> # Change the file_path to the location in your system
>>> interface = CellExplorerSortingInterface(file_path=file_path, verbose=False)
>>>
>>> # Extract what metadata we can from the source files
>>> metadata = interface.get_metadata()
>>> # For data provenance we add the time zone information to the conversion
>>> tzinfo = ZoneInfo("US/Pacific")
>>> session_start_time = datetime(2020, 1, 1, 12, 30, 0, tzinfo=ZoneInfo("US/Pacific")).isoformat()
>>> metadata["NWBFile"].update(session_start_time=session_start_time)
>>>
>>> # Choose a path for saving the nwb file and run the conversion
>>> nwbfile_path = f"{path_to_save_nwbfile}"
>>> interface.run_conversion(nwbfile_path=nwbfile_path, metadata=metadata)