Introduction

This is a reference implementation of the following model:

Pena, R.F.O., Zaks, M., Roque, A.C. (2018). Spontaneous activity dynamics in random networks of spiking neurons with synaptic noise. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 45:1-28. doi 10.1007/s10827-018-0688-6

The very same code can has functions to reproduce results from the following papers

Tomov, P. , Pena, R.F. , Roque, A.C., Zaks, M.A. (2016). Mechanisms of self-sustained oscillatory states in hierarchical modular networks with mixtures of electrophysiological cell types. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 10:23. doi 10.3389/fncom.2016.00023

Tomov, P. ,Pena, R.F. , Zaks, M.A. , Roque,A.C.(2014). Sustained oscillations, irregular firing, and chaotic dynamics in hierarchical modular networks with mixtures of electrophysiological cell types. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 8:103. doi 10.3389/fncom.2014.00103

Platform information

Platform: Linux

c++ (GCC): 8.3.0

The network model is implemented using object-oriented programming in c++ . For data processing and visualization we used standard functions available in Matlab.

Code repository

This folder contains seven Python codes:

• main.cpp: Main script to run the simulations. Creates objects responsible for simulation and network structure.
• simulation.cpp: Class responsible to assemble network model structure and for running the simulation.
• simulation.hpp: Header file with definitions and macros.
• izhi.cpp: Class responsible for the neurons. Contain functions that take care of the integration.
• izhi.hpp: Header file with definitions and macros.
• alphasynapse.cpp: Class responsible for synapses. It is used in simulation to create connections among neurons.
• alphasynapse.hpp: Header file with definitions and macros.

Running the code

The main script used to simulate the network is from the terminal is:

• run.sh: Script where parameters of interest are changed.

An example of how to run the scrip:

bash run.sh

We have included a Matlab code, plot_raster.m, in order to create a figure of the raster plot. The default parameters should create a similar raster plot like the one in Fig.8 from the paper. It is expected that the figure won't be the same given its stochastic nature:

Before running the script, the code must be compiled:

c++ *cpp -o code.out

After running the simulations, the code generates three files

raster.dat = matrix containing raster plot information. First column contains neuron index, then every line contains spike times.

listsynM0In2Ex23Sim121NumSim_1.dat = Connectivity matrix

ex12inM0In2Ex23Sim121NumSim_1.dat = Neuron type