A routine that simulates the flow of activity within and across laminar levels in the local pyramidal neuron network, based on a connectivity matrix (W) measured by laser scanning photostimulation in mouse somatic motor cortex, and a very simple neural network simulation.
Model Type: Realistic Network
Cell Type(s): Neocortex L5/6 pyramidal GLU cell; Neocortex L2/3 pyramidal GLU cell
Model Concept(s): Activity Patterns; Connectivity matrix; Laminar Connectivity
Simulation Environment: MATLAB
Implementer(s): Shepherd, Gordon MG [g-shepherd at northwestern.edu]
References:
Weiler N, Wood L, Yu J, Solla SA, Shepherd GM. (2008). Top-down laminar organization of the excitatory network in motor cortex. Nature neuroscience. 11 [PubMed]