Membrane time constant distribution with Allen SDK

membrane_time_constants.py

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from allensdk.core.cell_types_cache import CellTypesCache
ctc = CellTypesCache()
ephys = ctc.get_ephys_features(dataframe=True)
time_constants = ephys.tau.as_matrix()
plt.hist(time_constants, bins=np.linspace(0, 100, 40));
plt.xlabel(r'Membrane time constant (ms)')
plt.yticks([]);