Supported File Formats
NeuroExplorer can load native data files created by many popular data acquisition systems (see table below).
Note
If your data file format is not listed in the table below, contact NeuroExplorer technical support (support@neuroexplorer.com).
Data acquisition system |
Files with these extensions that can be opened in NeuroExplorer |
|---|---|
3Brain |
.brw, .bxr |
Alpha Omega Engineering |
.isi, .lsm, .map, .mat, .mpx, .nda |
Amplipex |
.dat (use File | Import Data | Binary File… menu command) |
Axion Biosystems |
spk, .raw |
Axon Instruments |
.abf |
Binary file with continuous data |
(no specified extension, use File | Import Data | Binary File… menu command) |
Blackrock Neurotech |
.nev, .ns1, .ns2, .ns3, .ns4, .ns5, .ns6, .ns7, .ns8, .ns9 (saved using file specification 2.X) |
CED Spike-2 |
.smr, .smrx |
Cortex |
(no specified extension, use File | Import Data | Cortex Data File… menu command) |
DataWave Technologies |
.act, .cut, .dat, .edt, .uff |
European Data Format |
.edf, .bdf |
g.Tec Medical Engineering g.Recorder |
.hdf5 |
Intan Technologies |
.rhd, .rhs (time.dat, amplifier.dat and other .dat files are loaded automatically when .rhd or .rhs file is open |
KlustaSuite spike sorting software |
.kwik |
MED64 (Panasonic, Alpha MED Scientific) |
.csv, .modat |
Multichannel Systems |
.mcd, .msrd |
Neuralynx |
.dat, .nev, .ncs, .nse, .nst, .nts, .ntt, .nvt, .t |
NeuroExplorer |
.nex, .nex5 |
Open ePhys |
.continuous, .events, .spikes |
Plexon |
.ddt, .pl2, .plx |
RC Electronics |
.prm |
Ripple Neuro |
.nev, .nf1, .nf2, .nf3, .nf4, .nf5, .nf6, .nf7, .nf8, .nf9 |
Thomas Recording WAV file |
.wav |
Tucker-Davis Technologies |
.sev, .tbk, .tdx, .tev, .tin, .tnt, .tsq |
Text file with timestamps |
.txt |
Text file with continuous data |
.txt |
The table below lists supported file extensions in alphabetical order.
File extension |
Default file format |
|---|---|
.abf |
Axon Instruments .abf File |
.act |
DataWave File |
.bdf |
Biosemi .bdf File |
.brw |
3Brain .brw File |
.bxr |
3Brain .bxr File |
.continuous |
Open ePhys .continuous File |
.csv |
MED64 .csv File |
.cut |
DataWave File |
.dat |
Text File (Cont. Data with Timestamps) |
.ddt |
Plexon .ddt File |
.edf |
European Data Format .edf File |
.edt |
DataWave File |
.events |
Open ePhys .events File |
.hdf5 |
g.Recorder .hdf5 File |
.isi |
Alpha Omega .isi File |
.kwik |
KlustaSuite .kwik File |
.lsm |
Alpha Omega .lsm File |
.map |
Alpha Omega File |
.mat |
Alpha Omega Matlab .nda File |
.mcd |
Multichannel Systems .mcd File |
.modat |
MED64 .modat File |
.mpx |
Alpha Omega File |
.msrd |
Multichannel Systems .msrd File |
.ncs |
Neuralynx Cont. Recording File (.ncs) |
.nda |
Alpha Omega .nda File |
.nev |
Blackrock Neurotech .nev File |
.nex |
NeuroExplorer .nex File |
.nex5 |
NeuroExplorer .nex5 File |
.nf1 |
Ripple .nfX File |
.nf2 |
Ripple .nfX File |
.nf3 |
Ripple .nfX File |
.nf4 |
Ripple .nfX File |
.nf5 |
Ripple .nfX File |
.nf6 |
Ripple .nfX File |
.nf7 |
Ripple .nfX File |
.nf8 |
Ripple .nfX File |
.nf9 |
Ripple .nfX File |
.ns1 |
Blackrock .nsX File |
.ns2 |
Blackrock .nsX File |
.ns3 |
Blackrock .nsX File |
.ns4 |
Blackrock .nsX File |
.ns5 |
Blackrock .nsX File |
.ns6 |
Blackrock .nsX File |
.ns7 |
Blackrock .nsX File |
.ns8 |
Blackrock .nsX File |
.ns9 |
Blackrock .nsX File |
.nse |
Neuralynx Single Electrode File (.nse) |
.nst |
Neuralynx Stereotrode File (.nst) |
.nts |
Neuralynx Timestamp File (.nts) |
.ntt |
Neuralynx Tetrode File (.ntt) |
.nvt |
Neuralynx Video Tracker File (.nvt) |
.pl2 |
Plexon .pl2 File |
.plx |
Plexon .plx File |
.prm |
RCE 12-bit File |
.raw |
Axion .raw File |
.rhd |
Intan Technologies .rhd File |
.rhs |
Intan Technologies .rhs File |
.sev |
TDT data File |
.smr |
CED .smr File |
.smrx |
CED .smrx File |
.spikes |
Open ePhys .spikes File |
.spk |
Axion .spk File |
.str |
Stranger .str File |
.t |
Neuralynx .t File |
.tbk |
TDT data File |
.tdx |
TDT data File |
.tev |
TDT data File |
.tin |
TDT data File |
.tnt |
TDT data File |
.tsq |
TDT data File |
.txt |
Text File (matrix of timestamps) |
.uff |
DataWave File |
.wav |
WAV File |
Note
NeuroExplorer tries to identify the data file type from the file extension.
Some file extensions are used by several file formats and NeuroExplorer may be unable to identify what is the file format of the file that is being loaded.
For example, a .nev file can be either a Neuralynx data file or Ripple Neuro data file.
You can specify what file format corresponds to a specific file extension. See Dealing with Unknown File Format Error.