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MembranePatch Class Reference

#include <membranepatch.h>

Inheritance diagram for MembranePatch:

MembranePatchSimple CbNeuron CbHHOuINeuron CbHHOuNeuron CbNeuronSt HHNeuron TraubsHHNeuron bNACNeuron cACNeuron CbStOuNeuron dNACNeuron bNACOUNeuron cACOUNeuron dNACOUNeuron List of all members.

Detailed Description

A a patch of membrane with an arbitrary number of channels and current supplying synapses.

Model

The membrane voltage $V_m$ is governed by

\[ C_m \frac{V_m}{dt} = -\frac{V_m-E_m}{R_m} - \sum_{c=1}^{N_c} g_c(t) ( V_m - E_{rev}^c ) + \sum_{s=1}^{N_s} I_s(t) + I_{inject} \]

with the following meanings of symbols

The value of $E_m$ is calculated to compensate for ionic currents such that $V_m$ actually has a resting value of $V_\mathit{resting}$ .

Spiking and reseting the membrane voltage

If the membrane voltage $V_m$ exceeds the threshold $V_{tresh}$ the MembranePatch sends a spike to all its outgoing synapses.

The membrane voltage is reseted and clamped during the absolute refractory period of length $T_{refract}$ to $V_{reset}$ if the flag doReset=1. This is similar to a LIF neuron (see LifNeuron).

If the flag doReset=0 the membrane voltage is not reseted and the above equation is also applied during the absolute refractory period but the event of threshold crossing is transmitted as a spike to outgoing synapses. This is usfull if one includes channels which produce a real action potential (see HH_K_Channel and HH_Na_Channel ) but one still just wants to communicate the spikes as events in time.

Implementation

The exponential Euler method is used for numerical integration.

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