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International Brain Laboratory public data

The International Brain Laboratory public data releases expose standardized mouse decision-making experiments, including Neuropixels recordings, widefield calcium imaging, behavior, and session metadata accessed through the ONE API.

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open
Domain
behavioral-neuroscience
Last verified
2026-04-29

Dataset

What is this dataset?

Plain-language summary

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The International Brain Laboratory public data releases expose standardized mouse decision-making experiments, including Neuropixels recordings, widefield calcium imaging, behavior, and session metadata accessed through the ONE API.
Official documentationVerified 2026-04-29

Best fit

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Use IBL public data when you need standardized rodent decision-making sessions with shared task protocols, public session search, and analysis paths built around the Open Neurophysiology Environment.
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Modalities

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behavior, Neuropixels electrophysiology, widefield calcium imaging, histology metadata
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Study fit

What can you study?

Question

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How is prior information represented across the mouse brain during decision-making?
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Published example

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IBL links the Brain-wide representations of prior information paper to Neuropixels and widefield data collected by the collaboration.
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Question

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Can one analysis interface search and load standardized neurophysiology sessions across labs?
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Published example

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The ONE documentation describes search, list, and load methods for data that follows a standard naming convention.
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Pitfalls

What can slow you down?

ONE setup is part of the workflow

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The quick start instructs users to install ONE and connect to the IBL public data server before searching or loading data.
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Session identifiers drive downloads

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The data download guide explains that each session has a unique experiment ID used to download data for that session.
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Release documentation matters

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The Brainwide map Figshare item is a technical paper that details or links to experimental procedures and data processing pipelines.
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Provenance

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IBL Brain-wide MapOfficial dataset page, verified 2026-04-29https://www.internationalbrainlab.com/brainwide-mapIBL data download guideOfficial documentation, verified 2026-04-29https://docs.internationalbrainlab.org/notebooks_external/data_download.htmlONE referenceOfficial documentation, verified 2026-04-29https://int-brain-lab.github.io/ONE/one_reference.htmlONE quick startOfficial documentation, verified 2026-04-29https://docs.internationalbrainlab.org/notebooks_external/one_quickstart.htmlBrainwide map data release documentationOfficial codebook, verified 2026-04-29https://figshare.com/articles/preprint/Data_release_-_Brainwide_map_-_Q4_2022/21400815