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Enter the flyiverse.

Games, little desktop creatures, and experiments with a nervous system. Follow a rabbit hole. Read the source. The fly is optional.

Sources checked through Sep 10, 2026. Programs have not been run by Flyiverse. What the labels mean ↗

GamesMaleCNS

DOOMFLY

A Doom arena with a MaleCNS wiring diagram in the control loop.

Whole graphPythonViZDoom
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Doom frames stimulate modeled sensory inputs; activity in retained MaleCNS v1.0 wiring reaches a fixed button interface for turning, movement, and firing. The repository also describes an experimental dopamine-gated rule that changes a small set of connections.

The boundary: Its README says the current training candidate failed its visual, conditioning, and survival validation gates; this catalog did not run it.

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Desktop petsFlyWire + MaleCNS

DesktopFly

A 3D fly that wanders across a macOS desktop.

Selected circuitmacOSWindows
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A macOS desktop creature whose README describes spiking simulations built from FlyWire brain wiring and a MaleCNS brain-to-leg network, alongside modeled senses, joints, and behavior.

The boundary: The connectome supplies wiring; the README also describes modeled body and behavioral layers. It was not run for this catalog.

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6 related ports
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GamesMaleCNS

Help the Fly Escape

Rearrange a tiny house and see which simulated flies find the exit.

Selected circuitWeb
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A browser game where the player places household objects, releases a swarm, and can follow a fly or inspect its brain while the README describes simulated neural movement.

The boundary: The README presents an interactive simulation, not biological validation; the linked page was only checked for an HTTP 200 response.

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GamesMaleCNS

Fly64

A MaleCNS model wired into Super Mario 64.

Scope not specifiedmacOSSuper Mario 64
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A macOS-specific project that connects a fly-brain model based on MaleCNS data to a decompiled Super Mario 64 build.

The boundary: The README documents setup requirements and a local server, but does not establish gameplay performance or biological fidelity.

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GamesFlyWire

Fly Brain plays Snake

Sugar and looming signals steer a full-connectome Snake loop.

Whole graphPythonWeb
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A local Snake server using a reported full FlyWire connectome and a Shiu et al. leaky-integrate-and-fire model. Its README maps nearby walls and body to looming inputs and apples to sugar inputs.

The boundary: The repository calls out local data from a sibling directory; this catalog did not inspect that data or run the game.

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GamesMaleCNS

FlyTris

A connectome-constrained mushroom body takes on Tetris.

Selected circuitPython
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A closed-loop Tetris experiment centered on a MaleCNS mushroom-body circuit and a plasticity rule that the README distinguishes from open-loop rendering demos.

The boundary: The project describes a model and learning experiment; source inspection is not an independent assessment of learning or fly cognition.

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GamesFlyWire

Flyweight

A browser fighter asks what biological wiring changes.

Selected circuitWeb
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A browser fighting game with a recurrent artificial controller constrained by FlyWire FAFB v783 connectivity, compared in the repository with a rule-based bot.

The boundary: It is an artificial network constrained by wiring, not a claim to recreate a living fly controller.

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Embodied fliesFlyWire

Fly-By-Wire

A small FlyWire circuit steers a simulated car.

Selected circuitPythonCARLA
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A CARLA car controller built from an upstream-traced FlyWire circuit: a 30×30 grayscale camera input is mapped to cells and descending neurons drive steering, brakes, and throttle.

The boundary: The README explicitly says this is not a trained network; no driving behavior was independently tested.

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GamesFlyWire

flymc

A GPU spiking network steers a Minecraft spider.

Whole graphMinecraftPython
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A Minecraft Paper plugin and Python/PyTorch process coupled over a loopback socket; the README describes FlyWire-derived sensory inputs and descending-neuron outputs for a spider.

The boundary: Its sensory mappings and action interface are project modeling choices, not measured fly physiology.

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GamesFlyWire

Ruby Project: I Have No Wings and I Must Fly

A Minecraft mod puts FlyWire-derived signals behind a mob.

Scope not specifiedMinecraftJava
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A NeoForge Minecraft 1.21.1 mod whose README describes vision, olfaction, learning, and movement driven by FlyWire neural data.

The boundary: README-level documentation supports the implementation description, not a claim that the Minecraft mob reproduces fly behavior.

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GamesMaleCNS

FLY / MINE

Minesweeper logic repurposed through traced MaleCNS neurons.

Whole graphPythonWeb
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A local experiment that uses traced MaleCNS v1.0 neurons as computational, memory, and signal-passing components while making changes inspectable.

The boundary: The README explicitly rejects claims of a living animal, natural neural dynamics, consciousness, or pain simulation.

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Art & odditiesFlyWire

Infinite Sugar

A terrarium fly gets a permanent sweet signal.

Whole graphWeb
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A FlyWire-based whole-brain emulation in a terrarium where continuous sweet-sensing stimulation drives reported neural activity, with some body motions supplied as patterns.

The boundary: The README distinguishes neural-driven motions from wing and foot motions supplied as patterns; the linked page was only checked for HTTP reachability.

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ToolsFlyWire

flychip

A compressed FlyWire-derived network for a microcontroller.

Selected circuitAdafruit Feather RP2350C++
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Firmware for an Adafruit Feather RP2350 running a packed central-brain graph derived from FlyWire FAFB v783 as a leaky-integrate-and-fire simulation.

The boundary: The README says optic lobes and photoreceptors are excluded and labels dynamics, neurotransmitter signs, and sensory stimulation as modeling choices.

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Desktop petsFlyWire + MaleCNS

gnat

DesktopFly adapted to a Hyprland desktop.

Selected circuitLinuxWayland
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A Linux/Wayland port of DesktopFly: a desktop fly is described as responding to windows, cursor movement, time, and temperature through a connectome-based simulation.

The boundary: This is a stated port relationship and README claim; it was not installed or exercised here.

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Desktop petsFlyWire

realfly

A cross-platform desktop-creature engine with a FlyWire fly.

Selected circuitWindowsmacOS
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A transparent-overlay desktop-creature engine whose first creature is described as a port of DesktopFly, driven by a FlyWire connectome circuit.

The boundary: The README describes the engine and its first creature; this catalog did not test platform support or behavior.

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ResearchFlyWire

Drosophila brain model

The companion code for a connectome-based fly LIF model.

Whole graphPythonGoogle Colab
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Code accompanying the Shiu et al. paper, for activating and silencing neurons in a computational model based on an adult fruit-fly connectome.

The boundary: This is a computational model and companion repository, not a biological validation of all simulated activity.

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ResearchMaleCNS

MaleCNS supplemental data

Derived data products for the male fly brain and ventral nerve cord.

Toolkit / dataPython
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Supplemental derived data and analysis notebooks accompanying Berg et al. (2025); its README directs primary connectome artifacts and interactive resources to the MaleCNS portal.

The boundary: This repository is supplemental derived data, not the complete primary segmentation and synapse archive.

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ResearchFlyWire

FlyWire neuron annotations

Versioned neuron annotations for the FlyWire public release.

Toolkit / dataData filesPython
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Systematic neuron annotations and related data products for the FlyWire FAFB 783 public release, with tagged releases for publication-matched versions.

The boundary: The README warns annotations change after the initial preprint; consumers need the tagged release appropriate to their publication.

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ToolsFlyWire

Codex

A web explorer for FlyWire neurons and annotations.

VisualizationWebPython
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The open repository for Codex, a web application for exploring and analyzing FlyWire whole-brain-connectome neurons and annotations.

The boundary: It is an exploration and analysis interface, not itself a neuron-dynamics simulator.

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ToolsFlyWire

fafbseg-py

Python tools for querying and working with FAFB data.

Toolkit / dataPython
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A Python package in the navis ecosystem for interacting with the FAFB segmentation and associated fly-connectome services.

The boundary: A data-access toolkit, not a behavioral or whole-brain simulation.

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Embodied fliesNot specified

FlyGym

A physics environment for simulated fly bodies and control.

Toolkit / dataPython
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An open simulation environment for fly biomechanics and control, with a rewritten FlyGym 2.x API announced in its README.

The boundary: This is an embodied-simulation toolkit; its README does not make it a whole-connectome dataset or validation result.

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Embodied fliesLarval

CHIMERA

A larval connectome coupled to a MuJoCo body.

Whole graphPythonMuJoCo
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A digital-lifeform project built from a reported larval fruit-fly connectome and connected to a MuJoCo physics body.

The boundary: The repository describes a simulation built from larval wiring; source inspection does not validate biological behavior.

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Embodied fliesFlyWire + MANC

webgpu-fly

Fire a named neuron. Send a browser fly toward a target.

Whole graphWebWebGPU
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A browser game couples a FlyWire brain graph, MANC ventral nerve cord graph, and a flybody physics model through a modeled cross-specimen interface. Named-neuron stimulation feeds a hand-written gait; a separate trained walking-policy path bypasses the connectomes.

The boundary: The README explicitly documents cross-animal name matching, programmed gait, default kinematic assistance, and no quantitative whole-brain validation. Its separate trained walking policy is not connectome-driven.

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Embodied fliesMaleCNS

fly-brain

A whole-CNS browser arena and connectome viewer.

Whole graphWebWebGPU
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A browser project combining a reported MaleCNS v1.0 whole-CNS simulation, physics body, arena, and connectome viewer.

The boundary: The README describes modeled dynamics and a physics body; the arena URL was checked only for HTTP reachability, not behavior.

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Art & odditiesMaleCNS

FLYBOARD

A whole fly CNS listens for the pulse inside pop songs.

Whole graphPythonCUDA
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A MaleCNS spiking simulation feeds a modeled Johnston's-organ ear with song previews, then ranks songs by similarity to its response to courtship song.

The boundary: Its audio mapping and score are project modeling choices, not a fly's musical preference or validated auditory response.

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Art & odditiesFlyWire

Fly Brain on Music

A real auditory subgraph becomes a glowing, music-synced brain scene.

Selected circuitPythonWeb
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A Streamlit visualizer simulates a FlyWire auditory-pathway subgraph with LIF dynamics and renders neurons at their reported positions while audio features drive modeled input.

The boundary: The README explicitly calls audio-to-neuron mapping artistic and not a validated account of fly hearing.

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GamesFlyWire

making-fly-play-chess

A frozen fly-connectome reservoir gives chess positions a strange second opinion.

Selected circuitPythonGoogle Colab
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A reinforcement-learning chess agent sends an encoded board through an 8,192-neuron fixed reservoir derived from the Drosophila brain model and trains only the score readout.

The boundary: The README labels it a simplified reservoir experiment, not a biological simulation or competitive engine.

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GamesFlyWire

Fly Brain / Chess

A small frozen FlyWire reservoir plays chess while its spikes light the board's sidecar graph.

Selected circuitDockerWeb
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A local Docker application maps chess pieces into sensory channels, runs a selected FlyWire v783 recurrent graph, and decodes legal moves with an offline-trained linear layer.

The boundary: The selected graph, signs, dynamics, chess encoding, and readout are engineered; README makes no competitive-strength claim.

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Art & odditiesMaleCNS

FLYBOARD (NullLabTests)

Arcade buttons inject current into the entire MaleCNS and show the wave.

Whole graphPythonpygame
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A pygame viewer runs the full MaleCNS graph with toy leaky-integrator dynamics; labeled buttons resolve cell populations and inject simulated current into them.

The boundary: The README calls the dynamics toy and says the buttons do not model feelings, death, or biological reward.

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Art & odditiesFlyWire + Other

TalkingFly

An olfactory subgraph sniffs a molecule, then a local language model gives it a voice.

Selected circuitPythonWindows
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A Brian2 simulation of a 3,097-neuron FlyWire olfactory subgraph receives DoOR odor-response inputs; a trained decoder and local Gemma model turn results into text.

The boundary: The language-model phrase is a presentation layer; the README also limits claims about odor generalization and simplified LIF dynamics.

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Embodied fliesFlyWire

Emergent Individuality

Two identical whole-brain simulations take different paths through one virtual world.

Whole graphPythonCUDA
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A GPU LIF simulation couples a FlyWire v783 whole-brain graph to a NeuroMechFly/MuJoCo body with modeled sensory and motor layers, plasticity, and integration metrics.

The boundary: The repository's companion preprint and README report its own results; embodiment, sensory encoders, and integration metrics remain model layers.

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Embodied fliesFlyWire

Fruit Fly Laboratory

Throw a virtual rock and trace a modeled whole brain's route to escape.

Whole graphPythonWeb
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A browser and Python laboratory runs a full FlyWire v783 LIF graph, drives selected sensory populations, and exposes reported circuit and lesion experiments with a kinematic body.

The boundary: Its README explicitly separates measured wiring from modeled transduction, point neurons, and kinematic body behavior.

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Embodied fliesFlyWire

Fruit Fly Brain Flight Controller

A FlyWire-derived controller points a DJI Tello toward the sky.

Whole graphPythonDJI Tello
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A project for a simulated and DJI Tello flight controller based on FlyWire connectivity, LIF dynamics, optic-flow input, and decoded descending-neuron motor commands.

The boundary: README performance and flight claims are author-reported; it documents simplified flight physics and an arbitrary left/right proxy in its data.

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Embodied fliesMaleCNS

Fruit fly brain

A browser flight loop keeps its circuit small enough to inspect.

Selected circuitTypeScriptWebGPU
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A TypeScript project extracts a MaleCNS vision-to-wing subgraph, applies a fitted rate model, and couples rendered eye input to a cartoon flight body.

The boundary: The README calls the body and neuron dynamics cartoon/model layers and records unresolved flight limitations.

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Embodied fliesFlyWire

FlySim

An Apple Silicon fly brain turns sensory clamps into a native desktop creature.

Whole graphmacOSC
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A Cocoa application runs a FlyWire whole-brain LIF network with C and Metal backends, exposes population inputs and outputs, and maps selected results to an animated fly.

The boundary: The README provides author-reported benchmarks; the animated behavior and sensory mappings are project layers over the connectome.

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ToolsFlyWire + Other

BIO — Biological Intelligence Sandbox

A provenance-first sandbox labels the line between connectome and invention.

Toolkit / dataWebTypeScript
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A browser laboratory imports a FlyWire graph or synthetic data, runs configurable spiking models and an embodied world, and carries provenance through views and exports.

The boundary: The README says it does not simulate a fly; neuron parameters, body, world, plasticity, and demo data are explicit model or synthetic layers.

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Embodied fliesMANC + FlyWire

connectome-fly-closedloop

A MANC gyro circuit closes the loop around wings, legs, and a MuJoCo body.

Selected circuitPythonMuJoCo
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A research project couples a selected MANC flight or walking circuit to flybody physics at sub-millisecond steps and documents wiring-shuffle controls alongside the modeled layers.

The boundary: The README reports a single-model research result and explicitly documents no ground takeoff, weak walking, external calibration, and modeled electrical and muscle layers.

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Desktop petsFlyWire

desktopfly (Linux)

A FlyWire fly walks across Linux windows and flees the cursor.

Selected circuitLinuxX11
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A Linux/X11-or-XWayland port of DesktopFly retains its selected FlyWire LIF circuit and adds desktop interactions, brain visualization, cursor looming, and sugar controls.

The boundary: The body and odor field are modeled, and the README notes native Wayland surfaces cannot provide all desktop senses.

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Desktop petsFlyWire

DesktopFly (Windows)

A Direct3D FlyWire creature moves across a Windows desktop.

Selected circuitWindows.NET
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A Windows .NET application based on DesktopFly renders a procedural desktop fly and a live 668-neuron FlyWire v783 LIF circuit with interactive stimulation.

The boundary: The README presents a project implementation; the circuit is selected and the body and behavior mapping are modeled.

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Desktop petsFlyWire

Desktop Vibe Fly 4Win

A Windows port gives a FlyWire desktop fly a nose for active agent work.

Selected circuitWindows.NET
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A Win32/Direct3D11 port of desktop-vibe-fly runs a selected FlyWire LIF circuit and adds desktop terrain plus modeled project and process signals.

The boundary: The agent-smell features and desktop sensing are application behavior, not biological sensing; its README also notes a stochastic diagnostic.

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Desktop petsFlyWire

SiliconFly

A Metal-shader FlyWire brain makes a macOS fly twitch across windows.

Whole graphmacOSSwift
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A macOS DesktopFly descendant replaces its small circuit with a full FlyWire v783 LIF simulation in Metal and maps named neural population activity to a procedural creature.

The boundary: The README carefully separates measured wiring from shared LIF parameters, invented noise, sensory drives, and procedural body behavior.

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ResearchFlyWire

Emulation of the Drosophila Fly Brain

One whole-brain LIF model, six compute backends, and a mountain of spike files.

Whole graphPythonCUDA
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A FlyWire whole-brain LIF implementation supports activation and silencing experiments plus benchmark and parity workflows across Brian2, PyTorch, NEST GPU, GeNN, and related backends.

The boundary: Backend agreement checks implementation parity, not biological validation; the README's cited model result is not a companion paper for this fork.

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ToolsMaleCNS

malecns

An R bridge makes the male CNS easier to query, plot, and translate between atlases.

Toolkit / dataR
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An experimental natverse wrapper provides R access to the public male-cns:v1.0 neuPrint snapshot, metadata columns, meshes, and coordinate transforms.

The boundary: It is a thin experimental data-access wrapper, with neuPrint authentication required for access and separate Clio access for writes.

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