dendrotweaks 0.5.0

A toolbox for exploring dendritic dynamics

DendroTweaks

DendroTweaks is a Python toolbox designed for creating and validating single-cell biophysical models with active dendrites.

It is available both as a standalone Python package and a web-based application.

Learn More

• Standalone Library: Explore the official documentation for detailed tutorials and API reference.
• Web Application: Access the GUI online via our platform at dendrotweaks.dendrites.gr.
• Quick Overview: Check out our e-poster, including a video demonstration, presented at the FENS Forum 2024 in Vienna.

Publication

For an in-depth understanding of DendroTweaks, refer to our publication in eLife:

Roman Makarov, Spyridon Chavlis, Panayiota Poirazi (2024).
DendroTweaks: An interactive approach for unraveling dendritic dynamics.
eLife 13:RP103324. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.103324.1

If you find DendroTweaks helpful for your research, please consider citing our work:

@article{Makarov2024,
    title={DendroTweaks: An interactive approach for unraveling dendritic dynamics},
    author={Makarov, Roman and Chavlis, Spyridon and Poirazi, Panayiota},
    journal={eLife},
    volume={13},
    pages={RP103324},
    year={2024},
    doi={10.7554/eLife.103324.1}
}

License

This project uses multiple licenses depending on the content:

• Library code (src/dendrotweaks/*.py): Mozilla Public License 2.0 (MPL-2.0).
  All modifications to these files must remain under MPL-2.0 when redistributed.

• Documentation (docs/): Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).
  You are free to copy, modify, and distribute the documentation, with attribution.

• Examples (examples/): no formal license; provided for demonstration purposes.
  Use freely in your own projects.

• Templates (src/dendrotweaks/biophys/default_templates): no formal license (permissive). You may reuse, modify, or include them in your projects freely.

• Third-party or model files (*.mod): license may vary or be unknown; see individual files.

Note: Previous versions of this project (before version 0.5.0) were released under GPL-3.0. This relicensing applies to releases from v0.5.0 onward.