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.. _sphx_glr_auto_examples_spatial_grid_iaf.py:


4x3 grid
---------

Create a population of iaf_psc_alpha neurons on a 4x3 grid.

BCCN Tutorial @ CNS*09
Hans Ekkehard Plesser, UMB

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    import nest
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    nest.ResetKernel()

    l1 = nest.Create('iaf_psc_alpha',
                     positions=nest.spatial.grid(shape=[4, 3], extent=[2., 1.5]))

    nest.PrintNodes()

    nest.PlotLayer(l1, nodesize=50)

    # beautify
    plt.axis([-1.0, 1.0, -0.75, 0.75])
    plt.axes().set_aspect('equal', 'box')
    plt.axes().set_xticks((-0.75, -0.25, 0.25, 0.75))
    plt.axes().set_yticks((-0.5, 0, 0.5))
    plt.grid(True)
    plt.xlabel('4 Columns, Extent: 1.5')
    plt.ylabel('2 Rows, Extent: 1.0')

    plt.show()

    # plt.savefig('grid_iaf.png')


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