Results Network

From Neuronbank Help

This is the Help page for Results Network from a search query. It shows the interconnections of neurons as stored in the branch knowledge base. The system uses plugin software called NetworkViz.

Contents 1 Sample Network Display 2 Page Elements 2.1 Tabs and Menus 2.2 Window Elements 3 Mouse Controls

Sample Network Display

Page Elements

Tabs and Menus

• The Tabs at the top show Results List and Results Location Views.
• There are two menus:
  • The top menu has Neurons and Connections, which have pulldown menus for restoring hidden neurons and connections, respectively.
  • The lower menu has four selections:
    • Undo Last - restores the last hide item (neuron or connection).
    • Undo All - Restores all hidden neurons and connections.
    • Tree Layout - toggles between two initial layouts of the connection tree:
      1. Node Link Tree - (default) in which the most connected neuron is shown to the left
      2. Radial Link Tree - in which the most connected neurons is shown in the center.
      • Note that sometimes there is a problem with switching Tree Layout modes. Workaround is to click in window.
    • Help - brings you to this page.

Window Elements

• Neurons are displayed by their names
• Connectivity:
  • Chemical synaptic connections are shown in red.
    • Direction of arrow goes from presynaptic to postsynaptic neuron.
  • Electrical synapses are shown in green.
  • Neurons with no connections are shown highlighted in blue.

Mouse Controls

• Left Mouse click and drag
  • on white area to Pan the image
  • on a neuron to manually rearrange tree.
• Right Mouse click
  • on white area and drag to Zoom the image:
  • on a neuron or connection to reveal pop up menu:
    • See Neuron Detail to go to the Detail Page of a neuron (or connection).
    • Hide Neuron to hide a neuron (or connection)
      • You can hide multiple neurons or connections.
• Double click on a neuron to center the tree on that neuron.
  • The Tree is locked to the neuron that is highlighted at its center.
  • By default, this is the neuron with the most connections.
  • The entire tree can be moved by dragging the central neuron.,