Schreyer_and_Gollisch_2021_salamander_retinal_bipolar_cell_recordings/Spot/code uniform spot/BC_mainUniformSpot.m

%Guide for the uniform spot analysis
%Check out the Documentation_Data.pdf, which contains relevant information
%for analysing the uniform stimulus
clear;
close all;

%% Set the general variable (the same for all spot versions)
loadData='Z:\Spot\'; %path of the BC files for uniform spot (has to be adapted to your own path)
spotDuration=500; % given in the excel file LogInfo_UniformSpot.xlsx 
grayDuration=1000; % given in the excel file LogInfo_UniformSpot.xlsx for the corresponding file

%% run spot analysis for stimulus version 1 and 2
%path for the stimulus signal for verion 1 or 2 -> here the black and white
%spots are recorded in different files
filename='172030015Comp.mat'; %BC file to analyse (black spot): for example here we use file 172030015Comp from cell 1, recorded in retina 1 on 170203
filename2='172030016Comp.mat'; %BC file to analyse (white spot): for example here we use file 172030016Comp from cell 1, recorded in retina 1 on 170203
spotVersion=2;% uniform spot version given in excel file LogInfo_UniformSpot.xlsx
%get the path for loading the stimulus signal: stimulusVersion1.mat or
%stimulusVersion2.mat
if spotVersion==1 
    % Path for loading the stimulus version 1: stimulusVersion1.mat
    pathStimSignal='Z:\Manuscript\BC_XY_LN\Puplishing\DataAvailable\Spot\stimulusVersion1.mat'; %has to be adapted to your own structure
elseif spotVersion==2
    % Path for loading the stimulus signal version 2: stimulusVersion2.mat
    pathStimSignal='Z:\Manuscript\BC_XY_LN\Puplishing\DataAvailable\Spot\stimulusVersion2.mat';
end
[patternedSpot_output]=BC_uniformSpot(loadData,filename,filename2,spotDuration,...
    grayDuration,spotVersion,pathStimSignal);%example code to analyze the responses to the uniform spots

%% run spot analysis for stimulus version 3
filename='18d130037Comp.mat'; %BC file to analyse, here you only have one file: 18d130037Comp for cell1 in retina 3 on 181213
pathStimSignal='Z:\Manuscript\BC_XY_LN\Puplishing\DataAvailable\Spot\stimulusVersion3.mat'; %to get the path for loading the stimulus signal
start_blackSpot=1; end_blackSpot=111;
start_whiteSpot=112; end_whiteSpot=222;
inputFrames=[start_blackSpot,end_blackSpot,start_whiteSpot,end_whiteSpot];
[patternedSpot_output3]=BC_uniformSpot3(loadData,filename,spotDuration,grayDuration, ...
    inputFrames,pathStimSignal);%example code to analyze the responses to uniform spots

%% run spot analysis for stimulus version 4
filename='15o160046Comp.mat'; %BC file to analyse, here you only have one file: 15o160046Comp for cell 3 in retina 2 on the 151016
grayDuration=4000; % given in the excel file LogInfo_UniformSpot.xlsx for the corresponding file
[patternedSpot_output4]=BC_uniformSpot4(loadData,filename,spotDuration,grayDuration);%example code to preprocess the reversing uniform spots