The NEURON and Brian code for the paper:

Smith SL, Smith IT, Branco T, Hausser M (2013) Dendritic spikes enhance stimulus selectivity in cortical neurons in vivo. Nature 503:115-20 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12600

is available at the link:

https://github.com/OpenSourceBrain/SmithEtAl2013-L23DendriticSpikes


Example Use:

After downloading the model with a command like:

git clone https://github.com/OpenSourceBrain/SmithEtAl2013-L23DendriticSpikes

You can cd to the NEURON/mod.files folder and compile the mod files with a command like (linux):

nrnivmodl

(If you need more help for a different platform please consult this page:)

https://senselab.med.yale.edu/ModelDB/NEURON_DwnldGuide.cshtml

Then in the libcell.py file change the line:

#load_mechanisms('/directory_where_mod_files_have_been_compiled')
to
load_mechanisms('./mod.files')

And then run simulations with the command:

python main.py

Finally the command

python -i analyse.py

Will produce images:

screenshot

similar to the soma and dendritic voltage traces seen in the papers supplementary movies:

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12600#s2