#! /usr/bin/env python
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# ctx_2n.py
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'''
NEST Topology Module Example
Create layer of 4x3 elements compose of one
pyramidal cell and one interneuron, visualize
BCCN Tutorial @ CNS*09
Hans Ekkehard Plesser, UMB
'''
import nest
import nest.topology as topo
import pylab
import random
pylab.ion()
nest.ResetKernel()
nest.CopyModel('iaf_neuron', 'pyr')
nest.CopyModel('iaf_neuron', 'in')
ctx = topo.CreateLayer({'columns': 4, 'rows': 3,
'extent': [2.0, 1.5],
'elements': ['pyr', 'in']})
nest.PrintNetwork()
nest.PrintNetwork(2)
nest.PrintNetwork(2, ctx)
# extract position information
ppyr = pylab.array(zip(*[topo.GetPosition([n])[0] for n in nest.GetLeaves(ctx)[0]
if nest.GetStatus([n],'model')[0]=='pyr']))
pin = pylab.array(zip(*[topo.GetPosition([n])[0] for n in nest.GetLeaves(ctx)[0]
if nest.GetStatus([n],'model')[0]=='in']))
# plot
pylab.clf()
pylab.plot(ppyr[0]-0.05, ppyr[1]-0.05, 'bo', markersize=20, label='Pyramidal', zorder=2)
pylab.plot(pin [0]+0.05, pin [1]+0.05, 'ro', markersize=20, label='Interneuron', zorder=2)
pylab.plot(ppyr[0],ppyr[1],'o',markerfacecolor=(0.7,0.7,0.7),
markersize=60,markeredgewidth=0,zorder=1,label='_nolegend_')
# beautify
pylab.axis([-1.0, 1.0, -0.75, 0.75])
pylab.axes().set_aspect('equal', 'box')
pylab.axes().set_xticks((-0.75, -0.25, 0.25, 0.75))
pylab.axes().set_yticks((-0.5, 0, 0.5))
pylab.grid(True)
pylab.xlabel('4 Columns, Extent: 1.5')
pylab.ylabel('3 Rows, Extent: 1.0')
pylab.legend(numpoints=1)
# pylab.savefig('ctx_2n.png')