examples-frompapers-computing with neural synchrony-duration selectivity_Fig2C_decoding_synchrony.txt

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.. index::
   pair: example usage; plot
   pair: example usage; run
   pair: example usage; xlim
   pair: example usage; NeuronGroup
   pair: example usage; show
   pair: example usage; rate
   pair: example usage; Connection
   pair: example usage; xlabel
   pair: example usage; split
   pair: example usage; exp
   pair: example usage; ylabel
   pair: example usage; close
   pair: example usage; SpikeCounter
   pair: example usage; linspace
   pair: example usage; ylim
   pair: example usage; append
   pair: example usage; mean

.. _example-frompapers-computing with neural synchrony-duration selectivity_Fig2C_decoding_synchrony:

Example: Fig2C_decoding_synchrony (frompapers/computing with neural synchrony/duration selectivity)
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Brette R (2012). Computing with neural synchrony. PLoS Comp Biol. 8(6): e1002561. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002561
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Figure 2C. Decoding synchrony patterns.

Caption (Fig. 2C). Activation of
the postsynaptic assembly as a function of duration (grey: individual
neurons; black: average).

The script Fig2A_synchrony_partition must be run first (it produces a file).

::

    from brian import *
    from numpy.random import seed
    from params import *
    from pylab import cm
    
    Ndur=2000*5 # number of stimulus durations (durations are multiplexed)
    sigma=0.1 # More/less noise
    
    best_duration=500*ms
    
    # Read group index for each neuron
    f=open('groups'+str(int(best_duration/ms))+'.txt')
    group_number=array([int(x) for x in f.read().split(' ')])
    nneurons=max(group_number)+1 # one postsynaptic neuron per group
    f.close()
    
    # Calculate group size
    count=zeros(nneurons) # number of presynaptic neurons for each postsynaptic neuron
    for i in range(len(group_number)):
        if group_number[i]!=-1:
            count[group_number[i]]+=1
    
    # Presynaptic neurons
    ginh_max=5.
    Nx=5 # number of neurons per row
    N=Nx*Nx # number of neurons
    rest_time=1*second # initial time
    eqs='''
    dv/dt=(El-v+(gmax*gK+gmax2*gK2+ginh)*(EK-v))/tau : volt
    dgK/dt=(gKinf-gK)/tauK : 1 # IKLT
    dgK2/dt=-gK2/tauK2 : 1 # Delayed rectifier
    gKinf=1./(1+exp((Va-v)/ka)) : 1
    ginh = ginh_max*((t>rest_time) & (t<(rest_time+duration))) : 1
    tauK : ms
    tau : ms
    gmax : 1
    duration : second
    '''
    
    uniform=lambda N:(rand(N)-.5)*2 #uniform between -1 and 1
    seed(31418) # Get the same neurons every time
    _tauK=400*ms+uniform(N)*tauK_spread
    alpha=(El-Vt)/(Vt-EK)
    _gmax=alpha*(minx+(maxx-minx)*rand(N))
    _tau=30*ms+uniform(N)*tau_spread
    
    neurons=NeuronGroup(N*Ndur,model=eqs,threshold='v>Vt',reset='v=Vr;gK2=1')
    neurons.v=Vr
    neurons.gK=1./(1+exp((Va-El)/ka))
    
    # Postsynaptic neurons (noisy coincidence detectors)
    eqs_post='''
    dv/dt=(n-v)/tau_cd : 1
    dn/dt=-n/tau_n+sigma*(2/tau_n)**.5*xi : 1
    '''
    postneurons=NeuronGroup(Ndur*nneurons,model=eqs_post,threshold=1,reset=0)
    C=Connection(neurons,postneurons)
    
    # Divide into subgroups, each group corresponds to one postsynaptic neuron with all stimulus durations
    postgroup=[]
    for i in range(nneurons):
        postgroup.append(postneurons.subgroup(Ndur))
    
    # Connections according to the synchrony partition
    group=[]
    for i in range(N):
        group.append(neurons.subgroup(Ndur))
        group[i].tauK=_tauK[i]
        group[i].gmax=_gmax[i]
        group[i].tau=_tau[i]
        group[i].duration=linspace(100*ms,1*second,Ndur)
        if group_number[i]>=0:
            C.connect_one_to_one(group[i],postgroup[group_number[i]],weight=1./count[group_number[i]])
    
    spikes=SpikeCounter(postneurons)
    
    run(rest_time+1.1*second,report='text')
    
    # Figure (2C)
    window=100*5 # smoothing window
    rate=zeros(Ndur-window)
    totrate=zeros(Ndur-window)
    for i in range(nneurons): # display tuning curve for each neuron, in grey
        count=spikes.count[i*Ndur:(i+1)*Ndur]
        # Smooth
        for j in range(0,len(count)-window):
            rate[j]=mean(count[j:j+window])
        totrate+=rate
        if i<5: # plot only 5 individual curves
            plot((group[0].duration[window/2:-window/2]/ms),rate,'grey',linewidth=1)
    # Mean tuning curve
    plot((group[0].duration[window/2:-window/2]/ms),totrate/nneurons,'k',linewidth=2)
    xlim(100,600)
    ylim(0,0.5)
    xlabel('Duration (ms)')
    ylabel('Spiking probability')
    show()