Table 1.
Representative list of model objects packaged with the default library.
| Object | Description |
|---|---|
| Input mechanisms | |
| poisson | Non-homogeneous poisson process |
| noise | Source of gaussian noise |
| stim | Source of tonic stimulation |
| Intrinsic mechanisms | |
| iNa | Fast sodium current (Hodgkin and Huxley, 1952) |
| iK | Fast potassium current (Hodgkin and Huxley, 1952) |
| iM | Slow, M-type potassium current (Traub et al., 2003) |
| iCaT | T-type calcium current (Ching et al., 2010) |
| iKCa | Calcium-dependent potassium current (Durstewitz et al., 2000) |
| iNaP | Persistent sodium current (Durstewitz et al., 2000) |
| iH | Hyperpolarization-activated cation h current (Ching et al., 2010) |
| CaBuffer | Calcium buffer (Durstewitz) |
| Connection mechanisms | |
| iAMPA | AMPA synapse: sigmoid threshold with excitatory parameters (Kopell et al., 2000) |
| iGABAa | GABAA synapse: sigmoid threshold with inhibitory parameters (Kopell et al., 2000) |
| iGABAb | GABAB synapse (Ching et al., 2010) |
| iNMDA | NMDA synapse (Koch and Segev, 1998) |
| iGAP | Ohmic gap junction |
| iCOM | Axial current for connecting two compartments |
| Populations | |
| LIF | Leaky integrate-and-fire neurons |
| Izh | Izhikevich neurons (Izhikevich, 2003) |
| ML | Morris-Lecar neurons (Morris and Lecar, 1981) |
| FHN | FitzHugh-Nagumo neurons (FitzHugh, 1955) |
| HH | Hodgkin-Huxley neurons with iNa and iK currents (Hodgkin and Huxley, 1952) |
| RS | Cortical Regular Spiking neurons (Kramer et al., 2008) |
| IB | Cortical Intrinsically Bursting neurons (Kramer et al., 2008) |
| FS | Cortical Fast Spiking interneurons (Kramer et al., 2008) |
| LTS | Cortical Low Threshold Spiking interneurons (Kramer et al., 2008) |