NEURON Programmer’s Reference

For a basic introduction on how to run Python scripts with NEURON, see running Python scripts with NEURON, and you may also like to refer to the NEURON Python tutorial.

NEURON allows you to build models using multiple programming languages. See, for example, Accessing HOC from Python and HOC accessing Python.

Quick Links

• Index

• Commonly used:

  Deck, File, Glyph, Graph, GUIMath, List, Matrix, Pointer, PtrVector, PWManager, Random, StringFunctions, SymChooser, TextEditor, Timer, ValueFieldEditor, VBox, Vector

  BBSaveState, CVode, FInitializeHandler, Impedance, KSChan, LinearMechanism, MechanismStandard, MechanismType, NetCon, ParallelContext, ParallelNetManager, PlotShape, RangeVarPlot, SaveState, SectionBrowser, SectionList, SectionRef, Shape, StateTransitionEvent

  Panel, FunctionFitter, Geometry, Printf (Formatted Output), Math, nmodl2, NMODL, Point Processes and Artificial Cells, Standard Run Tools, Topology

  Basic Reaction-Diffusion

Basic Programming

• Mathematics
• Strings
• GUI Design
• Pointers
• System Calls
• Error Handling
• Dynamic Code Loading and Execution
• Project Management
• Debugging and Internals Access
• Accessing HOC from Python

Model Specification

• Model Specification GUI Tools
• Programmatic Model Specification

Simulation Control

• Programmatic Simulation Control
• Standard Run Tools
• Rarely Used Compilation Options
• Environment Variables
• Interpreter Management

Visualization

• Glyph
• Graph
• Grapher
• PlotShape
• PlotShape Window
• RangeVarPlot
• Shape
• Notification
• GUI Look And Feel
• MenuExplore
• Obsolete Plotting

Analysis

• Programmatic Analysis Tools
• GUI Analysis Tools