.. currentmodule:: brian

.. _reference-io:

Input/output
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General data management
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.. autoclass:: brian.tools.datamanager.DataManager

Spikes management
-----------------

The following function describes how to load Address-Event Representation files (AER files). 
See also the :class:`AERSpikeMonitor` for saving spikes in that format, and :class:`SpikeGeneratorGroup` for reusing them in a simulation.

.. index:: 
	pair: Spikes; aer file

.. autofunction:: load_aer


Other external datatypes
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.. index::
	pair: Neuron; dat file

.. autofunction:: read_neuron_dat

.. index::
	pair: Axon; atf file

.. autofunction:: read_atf