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%
% CSIM implementation of a benchmark simulation described in the paper
% "Simulation of networks of spiking neurons: A review of tools and strategies"
%
% Benchmark 3: Conductance-based HH network. This benchmark consists of a
% network of HH point neurons connected by
% conductance-based synapses.
%
% CSIM is freely available from www.lsm.tugraz.at/csim
%
% Authors: Dejan Pecevski, dejan@igi.tugraz.at
% Thomas Natschlaeger, thomas.natschlaeger@scch.at
%
% Date: April 2006
%
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% bring Matlab into its initial state (note that this also clears CSIM)
close all
clear all
modelname = 'hh';
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% Global parameter values
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nNeurons = 4000; % number of neurons
ConnP = 0.02; % connectivity probability
Frac_EXC = 0.8; % fraction of excitatory neurons
Tsim = 0.4; % duration of the simulation [sec]
DTsim = 0.1e-3; % simulation time step [sec]
nRecordNeurons = 250; % number of neurons to plot the spikes from
Tinp = 50e-3; % length of the initial stimulus [sec]
nInputNeurons = 10 ; % number of neurons which provide initial input (for a time span of Tinp)
inpConnP = 0.01 ; % connectivity from input neurons to network neurons
inputFiringRate = 80; % firing rate of the input neurons during the initial input
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% Create the neurons and set their parameters
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neuronIdx = csim('create', 'TraubsHHNeuron', nNeurons);
csim('get', neuronIdx(1) );
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% Create synaptic connections
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tic; fprintf('Making synaptic connections: ');
% create connectivity matrix
c = rand( nNeurons, nNeurons ) < ConnP;
% set diagonal elements to zero to avoid self loops
c( find( eye(nNeurons) ) ) = 0;
% get to lists such that destIdx(i) and srcIdx(i) are the indices
% of the destination and source neuron of the i-th synapse respectively.
[dest_n src_n] = find( c );
destIdx = neuronIdx(dest_n);
srcIdx = neuronIdx(src_n);
% create synapse objects
nSyn = size(destIdx, 2);
synapses = csim('create', 'StaticSpikingCbSynapse', nSyn);
% connect the neurons via synapses
csim('connect', destIdx, srcIdx, synapses);
% Extract the inhibitory and excitatory synapse indices and set their parameters
% We assume that neurons with indices above Frac_EXC*nNeurons are inhibitory
Erev_exc = 0;
Erev_inh = -80e-3;
Vmean = -60e-3;
excSynIdx = synapses(find(src_n < (Frac_EXC*nNeurons)));
csim('set', excSynIdx, 'W', 6e-9, 'E', 0, 'tau', 5e-3, 'delay', 0);
inhSynIdx = synapses(find(src_n >= (Frac_EXC*nNeurons)));
csim('set', inhSynIdx, 'W', 67e-9, 'E', -80e-3, 'tau', 10e-3, 'delay', 0);
fprintf('Created %i conductance based synapses in %g seconds\n', nSyn, toc );
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% Create input neurons for the initial stimulus
% and connect them to random neurons in circuit
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% create input neurons
InpNeuronIdx = csim('create', 'SpikingInputNeuron', nInputNeurons);
% randomly select source and destination neurons
[src_n dest_n] = find( rand(nInputNeurons,nNeurons) < inpConnP );
destCircIdx = neuronIdx(dest_n);
srcInputIdx = InpNeuronIdx(src_n);
% create input synapses
nInputSyn = size(destCircIdx, 2);
inSynapsesIdx = csim('create', 'StaticSpikingCbSynapse', nInputSyn);
csim('set', inSynapsesIdx, 'W', 6e-9, 'E', 0, 'tau', 5e-3, 'delay', 0);
% connect input neurons to random neurons in circuit
csim('connect', destCircIdx, srcInputIdx, inSynapsesIdx);
% create spike trains for the input neurons
for i=1:nInputNeurons
in_channels(i).data = sort( rand(1,inputFiringRate*Tinp) * Tinp );
in_channels(i).idx = InpNeuronIdx(i);
in_channels(i).spiking = 1;
in_channels(i).dt = -1;
end
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% Create recorders to record spikes and voltage traces
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% create separate recorders for spikes and voltages
% Note that in principle this is not necessary but it is
% for convenience.
recVm = csim('create', 'Recorder');
recSpikes = csim('create', 'Recorder');
recAllSpikes = csim('create', 'Recorder');
% set the recording time step for the voltages equal to
% the simulation time step
csim('set', recVm, 'dt', DTsim);
% randomly select nRecordNeurons neurons to record from
rp = randperm(nNeurons);
recNeuronIdx = neuronIdx( rp(1:nRecordNeurons) );
% we record the membrane voltages of some selected neurons
csim('connect', recVm, recNeuronIdx, 'Vm');
% we record the spikes of selected neurons
csim('connect', recSpikes, recNeuronIdx, 'spikes');
% we record the spikes of all neurons
csim('connect', recAllSpikes, neuronIdx, 'spikes');
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% Simulate the circuit
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tic; fprintf('Running simulation: ');
% set time step of the simulation
csim('set','dt', DTsim);
% first set t = 0
csim('reset');
% run simulation for Tsim seconds
csim('simulate', Tsim, in_channels);
fprintf('Done. %gsec CPU time for %gms simulation time\n', round(toc), Tsim*1000 );
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% Make some figures out of simulation results
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make_figures