This repository provides the source code for training spiking neural networks operating in the balanced state, as investigated in the following paper.
Kim, C. M., Finkelstein, A., Chow, C. C., Svoboda, K., & Darshan, R. (2022). Distributing task-related neural activity across a cortical network through task-independent connections. bioRxiv, 2022-06.
Install Julia by manually downloading the latest verion from https://julialang.org/
Run main.jl to start training a subset of excitatory neurons in the balanced spiking neural network to reproduce the firing rates of pyramidal neurons experimentally recorded from the anterior lateral motor cortex.