Glossary¶
Common abbreviations in NEST¶
- iaf¶
integrate and fire
- gif¶
generalized integrate and fire
- cond¶
conductance-based
- psc¶
postsynaptic 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.