Command: pp_cond_exp_mc_urbanczik

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Name:
pp_cond_exp_mc_urbanczik - Two-compartment point process neuron with conductance-based synapse
Description:
pp_cond_exp_mc_urbanczik is an implementation of a two-compartment spiking
point process neuron with conductance-based synapses as it is used
in [1]. It is capable of connecting to a Urbanczik synapse.

The model has two compartments: soma and dendrite, labeled as s and p, respectively.
There is one excitatory and one inhibitory conductance-based synapse onto each compartment.
Each compartment can also receive current input from a current generator, and an external
(rheobase) current can be set for each compartment.

Synapses, including those for injection external currents, are addressed through
the receptor types given in the receptor_types entry of the state dictionary.
Note that in contrast to the single-compartment models, all
synaptic weights must be positive numbers!
Parameters:
The following parameters can be set in the status dictionary. Parameters
for each compartment are collected in a sub-dictionary; these sub-dictionaries
are called "soma" and "dendritic", respectively. In the list below,
these parameters are marked with an asterisk.

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V_m* mV Membrane potential
E_L* mV Leak reversal potential
C_m* pF Capacity of the membrane
E_ex* mV Excitatory reversal potential
E_in* mV Inhibitory reversal potential
g_L* nS Leak conductance
tau_syn_ex* ms Rise time of the excitatory synaptic alpha function
tau_syn_in* ms Rise time of the inhibitory synaptic alpha function
I_e* pA Constant input current
g_sp nS Coupling between soma and dendrite
g_ps nS Coupling between dendrite and soma
t_ref ms Duration of refractory period
============ ======= ==========================================================
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Example:
See pynest/examples/urbanczik_synapse_example.py.
Receives:
SpikeEvent, CurrentEvent, DataLoggingRequest
Sends:
SpikeEvent
Remarks:
The neuron model uses standard units instead of the unitless quantities used in [1].

• All parameters that occur for both compartments
are stored as C arrays, with index 0 being soma.
References:
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.. [1] R. Urbanczik, W. Senn (2014). Learning by the Dendritic Prediction of Somatic Spiking. Neuron, 81, 521 - 528.
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Author:
Jonas Stapmanns, David Dahmen, Jan Hahne
SeeAlso:
Source:
/usr/src/packages/BUILD/models/pp_cond_exp_mc_urbanczik.h
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