aeif_cond_alpha_multisynapse – Conductance based adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire neuron model

Description

aeif_cond_alpha_multisynapse is a conductance-based adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire neuron model according to Brette and Gerstner (2005) with multiple synaptic rise time and decay time constants, and synaptic conductance modeled by an alpha function.

It allows an arbitrary number of synaptic time constants. Synaptic conductance is modeled by an alpha function, as described by A. Roth and M. C. W. van Rossum in Computational Modeling Methods for Neuroscientists, MIT Press 2013, Chapter 6.

The time constants are supplied by an array, “tau_syn”, and the pertaining synaptic reversal potentials are supplied by the array “E_rev”. Port numbers are automatically assigned in the range from 1 to n_receptors. During connection, the ports are selected with the property “receptor_type”.

The membrane potential is given by the following differential equation:

\[C dV/dt = -g_L(V-E_L) + g_L*\Delta_T*\exp((V-V_T)/\Delta_T) + I_{syn_{tot}}(V, t)- w + I_e\]

where

\[I_{syn_{tot}}(V,t) = \sum_i g_i(t) (V - E_{rev,i}) ,\]

the synapse i is excitatory or inhibitory depending on the value of \(E_{rev,i}\) and the differential equation for the spike-adaptation current w is

\[\tau_w * dw/dt = a(V - E_L) - w\]

When the neuron fires a spike, the adaptation current w <- w + b.

For implementation details see the aeif_models_implementation notebook.

Parameters

The following parameters can be set in the status dictionary.

Dynamic state variables:

V_m

mV

Membrane potential

w

pA

Spike-adaptation current

Membrane Parameters

C_m

pF

Capacity of the membrane

t_ref

ms

Duration of refractory period

V_reset

mV

Reset value for V_m after a spike

E_L

mV

Leak reversal potential

g_L

nS

Leak conductance

I_e

pA

Constant external input current

Delta_T

mV

Slope factor

V_th

mV

Spike initiation threshold

V_peak

mV

Spike detection threshold

Spike adaptation parameters

a

ns

Subthreshold adaptation

b

pA

Spike-triggered adaptation

tau_w

ms

Adaptation time constant

Synaptic parameters

E_rev

list of mV

Reversal potential

tau_syn

list of ms

Time constant of synaptic conductance

Integration parameters

gsl_error_tol

real

This parameter controls the admissible error of the GSL integrator. Reduce it if NEST complains about numerical instabilities.

Sends

SpikeEvent

Receives

SpikeEvent, CurrentEvent, DataLoggingRequest