Glossary¶
Common abbreviations in NEST¶
- iaf
integrate and fire
- gif
generalized integrate and fire
- cond
conductance-based
- psc
post synaptic current (current-based)
- hh
hodgkin huxley
- rng
random number generator
- wfr
waveform relaxation method
- aeif
adaptive exponential integrate and fire
- ht
hill and tononi
- pp
point process
- in
inhibitory
- ex
excitatory
- MAM
multi-area model
- mpi
message passing interface
- stdp
spike-timing dependent plasticity synapse
- st
short term plasticity
- vp
virtual process
Physical units and variable names used for NEST parameters¶
Note
all parameters listed here are defined as type double in NEST
- time
milliseconds ms
- tau_m
Membrane time constant in ms
- t_ref
Duration of refractory period in ms
- t_spike
point in time of last spike in
- capacitance
picofarads pF
- C_m
Capacitance of the membrane in pF
- current
picoamperes pA
- I_e
Constant input current in pA.
- conductance
nanosiemens nS
_L Leak conductance in nS
_K Potassium peak conductance in nS.
_Na Sodium peak conductance in nS.
- spike rates
spikes/s
- modulation frequencies
herz Hz
- frequency
frequncy in Hz
- voltage
millivolts mV
- V_m
Membrane potential in mV
- E_L
Resting membrane potential in mV.
- V_th
Spike threshold in mV.
- V_reset double
Reset potential of the membrane in mV.
- V_min
Absolute lower value for the membrane potential in mV
- E_ex
Excitatory reversal potential in mV.
- E_in
Inhibitory reversal potential in mV.
- E_Na
Sodium reversal potential in mV.
- E_K
Potassium reversal potential in mV.