Brain Dynamics Toolbox

Technical Requirements

Version 2026a is the latest release. It works with MATLAB R2020a or newer, although we recommend MATLAB R2023b or newer for its improved DDE solver. Installation is as simple an unzipping the source code and adding its location to the matlab search path. See Chapter 1 of the Handbook for instructions.

Handbook

The handbook is the offical guide to the Brain Dynamics Toolbox. It can be purchased from most online bookstores.

Heitmann S & Breakspear M (2026) Handbook for the Brain Dynamics Toolbox. 9th Edition: Version 2026. bdtoolbox.org. Sydney, Australia. ISBN 978-0-6450669-4-4.

Online Courses

Lectures from the Toolbox Basics course are now available on YouTube. The Modellers Workshop is closed.

Citation

If you use the toolbox then please cite it:

Heitmann S, Aburn M, Breakspear M (2017) The Brain Dynamics Toolbox for Matlab. Neurocomputing. Vol 315. p82-88. doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2018.06.026

Heitmann S & Breakspear M (2026) Handbook for the Brain Dynamics Toolbox. 9th Edition: Version 2026. bdtoolbox.org. Sydney, Australia. ISBN 978-0-6450669-4-4.

Heitmann S & Breakspear M (2026) Brain Dynamics Toolbox (Version 2026a). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18136242

Open Source

The source code is distributed freely under the 2-clause BSD license.

Archives

Older versions of the software can be downloaded from zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5625923.