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. 2015 Dec 14;11(12):e1004584. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004584

Table 1. Summary of leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) network model.

A–Leaky integrate and fire model summary
Populations excitatory, inhibitory
Topology -
Connectivity Random and sparse
Neuron model Leaky integrate and fire, fixed threshold, fixed refractory time
Synapse model Difference of exponential functions defined by rise and decay time.Current-based synapses.
Plasticity -
Input Sum of independent Poisson processes with same time-varying rate for all neurons
Measurements For each population: firing rate, GABA and AMPA currents, membrane potential
B–Populations
Type Elements
Interneurons (GABA synapses) LIF neurons
Pyramidal neurons (AMPA synapses) LIF neurons
C–Connectivity
Name Source Target Pattern
AMPA_cor-Pyr Pyramidal Pyramidal dir. conn. pdc weight: JAMPA_cor/pyr
AMPA_cor-Inter Pyramidal Interneuron dir. conn. pdc weight: JAMPA_cor/inter
GABA-Pyr Interneuron Pyramidal dir. conn. pdc weight: JGABA/pyr
GABA-Inter Interneuron Interneuron dir. conn. pdc weight: JGABA/inter
AMPA_th-Pyr External Pyramidal Uniform, JAMPA_th/pyr
AMPA_th-Inter External Interneuron Uniform, JGABA_th/pyr
D- Neuron
Type Leaky integrate and fire
Description Subthreshold dynamics: τmV˙m(t)=Vm(t)+PSCsyn(t)
If V m >V thr & t>t*+τ refractory
{t* = t; spike emitted with time stamp t*; Vm = Vreset}
E–Synapse
Type Current synapse
Description τdsynPSC˙(t)=PSC(t)+x(t)
τrsynx˙(t)=x(t)+τm(Jsynsynδ(ttsynτl))
F–Input
Type Description
Poisson “Thalamic”: time-constant input with rate λ.
Poisson “Long range cortico-cortical”: Ornstein Uhnlenbeck process (OU) with zero mean
τnOU˙=OU+σ(2τn)W
where W is a white noise process with zero mean
G–Measurements (for each population)
Type Description
Firing rate Sum of spikes
AMPA Sum of AMPA PSCs (cortical and thalamic)
GABA Sum of GABA PSCs
Vm Mean of membrane potential
ΣI Sum of AMPA and GABA PSCs. Note that AMPA and GABA have opposite signs.
ΣI| Sum of absolute values of AMPA and GABA PSCs.
Weighted Sum (WS) [pyrAMPA(tτAMPA)αpyrGABA(tτGABA)]
Reference Weighted Sum (RWS) [pyrAMPA(t6ms)1.65(pyrGABA(t))]