ModelDB: Computing with neural synchrony (Brette 2012)

Computing with neural synchrony (Brette 2012)

Accession: 144560

"... In a heterogeneous neural population, it appears that synchrony patterns represent structure or sensory invariants in stimuli, which can then be detected by postsynaptic neurons. The required neural circuitry can spontaneously emerge with spike-timing-dependent plasticity. Using examples in different sensory modalities, I show that this allows simple neural circuits to extract relevant information from realistic sensory stimuli, for example to identify a fluctuating odor in the presence of distractors. ..."
Reference: Brette R (2012) Computing with neural synchrony PLoS Comput Biol. 8(6):e1002561 [PubMed]

Citations Citation Browser

Model Information (Click on a link to find other models with that property)

Model Type:	Network;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s):
Channel(s):
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s):
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment:	Brian;
Model Concept(s):	Synchronization; Simplified Models; Synaptic Plasticity; STDP; Rebound firing; Homeostasis;
Implementer(s):	Brette R;

Model files

Help downloading and running models

computing_with_neural_synchrony

coincidence_detection_and_synchrony

These are Brian scripts corresponding to the following paper:

Brette R (2012). Computing with neural synchrony. PLoS Comp
Biol. 8(6): e1002561. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002561

Files are organized by topic. There can be dependencies within
folders, but not across folders.
A few scripts need to be run in a specific order, but this is
specified in the header of the files.
Note that a few simulations are very long (mostly the STDP ones).

More usage information:

Installing Brian is easy on an ubuntu 12.04 LTS system if you have
easy_install installed: just type

sudo easy_install brian

To run a sample script that just takes minutes try for example:

cd computing_with_neural_synchrony/olfaction/
python Fig9B_olfaction.py

After a few minutes you should see Fig9B from the paper:

ModelDB Home SenseLab Home Help
Questions, comments, problems? Email the ModelDB Administrator
How to cite ModelDB
This site is Copyright 2012 Shepherd Lab, Yale University