Python tutorials

In this series we have some basic tutorials: an introduction to Python and how to work with NEURON through Python. Through the Ball and Stick tutorial, we learn how to develop a model starting from a single cell through a network.

Basic tutorials

• Introduction to Python
• Scripting NEURON basics

Ball and Stick tutorial

• Ball and stick 1: Basic cell
  • Load NEURON
  • Defining the cell morphology
  • Instrumentation
  • Run the simulation
  • Plot the results
  • Simulation studies
  • Exercise
  • Advanced exercise
• Ball and stick 2: Build a ring network of ball-and-stick cells
  • Generic cell class
  • Adjusting position and orientation
  • Construct and position our cells
  • A first synapse, and input via a NetStim
  • Running and plotting a simulation
  • Connecting the cells
• Ball and stick 3: Extensible network of cells
  • Loading libraries
  • Generic Cell class
  • Make a Ring class
  • Test the network
  • Explore effects of parameters
• Ball and stick 4: Parallel vs serial mode
  • Parallel communication in NEURON
  • Test MPI and Parallel NEURON
  • Back to the example
  • Test the model
  • Gathering spikes