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# params.py -- Set of parameters for UP-state-mediated_plast_fig4E.py
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# Author: Victor Pedrosa
# Imperial College London, London, UK - Dec 2017
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import numpy as np
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# Define the parameters -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Neuron model parameters (integrate and fire) -----------------------------------------------------
tau_m = 10. # [ms] Time constant for the leaky integrator
R = 1. # [Ohm] Resistance of the leaky I-F model for excitatory neurons
El = 0. # [mV] Resting potential (leaky)
Vth = 10. # [mV] Threshold potential
Vres = 0. # [mV] Reset potential
Vspike = 10. # [mV] Extra potential to indicate a spike - Just to make it prettier
Tref = 3. # [ms] Refractory time
# Network parameters --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NE = 100 # Number of excitatory neurons in the input layer
# Simulation parameters -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
t_max = 8e5 # [ms] Total time of simulation
dt = 1. # [ms] Simulation time step
nSteps = np.int(t_max/dt) # Number of steps in simulation
# Excitatory plasticity -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
tp_plast = 20. # [ms] Decay time for pre->post activity
tm_plast = 20. # [ms] Decay time for post->pre activity
a_pre = {} # Pre-synaptic activity term (non-Hebbian)
a_post = {} # Post-synaptic activity term
a_plus = {} # Coefficient related to pre->post activity
a_minus = {} # Coefficient related to post->pre activity
# Down states -> standard STDP.
# Up states -> Pre alone leads to depression + standard STDP
a_pre["up"] = -0.0002
a_post["up"] = -0.0
a_plus["up"] = 0.005
a_minus["up"] = -0.005
a_pre["down"] = 0.0
a_post["down"] = -0.0
a_plus["down"] = 0.005
a_minus["down"] = -0.005
# Connections (synapses) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EsynE = 30. # [mV] Reversal potential for exc. syn.
w_min = 0. # lower bound on all weights
w_max = 5. # upper bound on exc weights
# Synaptic conductance
tauSynEx = 10. # [ms] Time constant for excitatory postsynaptic potential
tauSynIn = 10. # [ms] Time constant for inhibitory postsynaptic potential
gBarEx = .5 # Peak synaptic conductance for excitatory synapses
# Synaptic weights (constants) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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step_tauSynEx = dt/tauSynEx
step_tau_m = dt/tau_m
step_tp_plast = dt/tp_plast
step_tm_plast = dt/tm_plast