Muscle spindle feedback circuit (Moraud et al, 2016)

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Here, we developed a computational model of the muscle spindle feedback circuits of the rat ankle that predicts the interactions between Epidural Stimulation and spinal circuit dynamics during gait.
Reference:
1 . Moraud EM, Capogrosso M, Formento E, Wenger N, DiGiovanna J, Courtine G, Micera S (2016) Mechanisms Underlying the Neuromodulation of Spinal Circuits for Correcting Gait and Balance Deficits after Spinal Cord Injury. Neuron 89:814-28 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Realistic Network;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Spinal motoneuron;
Cell Type(s): Spinal cord motor neuron slow twitch;
Channel(s): I K; I K,Ca; I Na,p; I Sodium;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON; Python;
Model Concept(s): Sensory processing; Neuromodulation;
Implementer(s): Capogrosso, Marco ; Formento, Emanuele ;
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MUSCLE SPINDLE FEEDBACK CIRCUIT MODEL by 

Marco Capogrosso and Emanuele Formento

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Mechanisms Underlying the Neuromodulation of Spinal Circuits for Correcting Gait and Balance Deficits after Spinal Cord Injury.
Moraud EM, Capogrosso M, Formento E, Wenger N, DiGiovanna J, Courtine G, Micera S.
Neuron. 2016 Feb 17;89(4):814-28. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.01.009. Epub 2016 Feb 4.

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	by executing in the terminal:
		cd ./hoc_files/
		nrnivmodl ./mod_files

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		cd ./hoc_files
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		mpiexec -np 8 python ../python_files/main.py # tu run the program in with mpi (8 is the number of processes)
		mpiexec -np 8 nrniv -mpi -python ../python_files/main.py # as before but running the program from nrniv