// This function is used to deduce the NMDA/AMPA conductance ratio // for various sections in the cell (the ratio is defined in ../morphology/n123/nmda-ampa-ratio.hoc) // edited by Yiota Poirazi, July 2001, poirazi@LNC.usc.edu func deduce_ratio() { ratio = 0 ifsec apical_trunk_list { ratio = APICAL_TRUNK_NMDA_AMPA_RATIO } ifsec apical_non_trunk_list { ratio = APICAL_NON_TRUNK_NMDA_AMPA_RATIO } ifsec soma_list { ratio = SOMA_NMDA_AMPA_RATIO } if (!ratio) { print "section should not receive synapses" stop } // print "The nmda-ampa ratio to be used is ", ratio return(ratio) }