The Brain Dynamics Toolbox is open-source matlab software for simulating bespoke dynamical systems in neuroscience and beyond. Users define their system of equations as a custom matlab function. Interchangeable solvers and plotting tools can then be applied to that system with no additional programming effort.
Differential Equations
The toolbox solves initial-value problems in Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs), Delay Differential Equations (DDEs), Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs) and Partial Differential Equations (PDEs).
Combinatorial Power
The hub-and-spoke architecture allows unlimited combinations of display panels and numerical solvers to be applied to any model at run-time.
Programmable Controls
The graphical controls can be manipulated from the matlab workspace to semi-automate parameter surveys. Fully automated simulations can be scripted with the toolbox’s command-line tools.
Official Handbook
Online Courses
Community Collection
Models shared on Zenodo receive a citeable digital object identifier (doi). Zenodo is supported by CERN.
First Prize Winner, Dynamical Systems 2018 Software Contest.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Postdoc / Junior Faculty Category.
Honourable Mention, Dynamical Systems 2019 Software Tutorials Contest.
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Postdoc / Junior Faculty Category.
“A fantastic (and open) resource for all interested in simulating dynamical systems in neuroscience”
— Prof Olaf Sporns, Co-director of the Indiana University Network Science Institute.
“This easy-to-use toolbox has greatly enhanced the modelling work we do in our lab”
— Prof Alex Fornito, Co-director of the Brain & Mental Health Research Hub, Monash University.
“Frees students of the implementation burden and allows me to teach the dynamical concepts”
— Dr Ben D Fulcher, Senior Lecturer in the School of Physics, The University of Sydney.
“An intuitive and insightful platform for modelling any dynamical system”
— Dr Darragh Walsh, Postdoctoral Researcher, DCU Insight.
“A great way to get into modeling and understanding the dynamics you thought you understood!”
— Dr Fran Hancock, Postdoctoral Researcher, Kings College London.
“I love the Brain Dynamics Toolbox. It is a very intuitive way of understanding dynamical systems and exploring bifurcations!”
— Caglar Cakan, PhD student, Neural Information Processing Group, Technische Universitat Berlin.