NeuronVisio connects with NEURON using the new Python NEURON interface. Installation: To install NeuronVisio you need to satisfy the following dependencies &nbs
NeuronVisio connects with NEURON using the new Python NEURON interface. Installation: To install NeuronVisio you need to satisfy the following dependencies * pygtk * visual * matplotlib Easy Install The easiest way to get neuronvisio is if you have setuptools installed: easy_install neuronvisio Without setuptools, it's still pretty easy. Download the neuronvisio.tgz file from neuronvisio's Cheeseshop page, untar it and run: python setup.py install Documentation The documentation is available in the doc folder or online. Quickstart This code is just to give an idea in how to use nrnvisio module: 1. fire up an ipython console with pylab switch.: ipython -pylab # If you don't use the switch you will not see any graph. 2. Import the module: from neuronvisio.controls import Controls controls = Controls() When nrnvisio is started the thread is launched. In this thread all the process of nrnvisio will happen without blocking the console. As a quick example the following code: 1. Creates a single section called soma 2. Insert an Hodgkey-Huxley channel and a passive conductance 3. Insert an alphaSynapse to provide a stimul. A quick example can be the following:: from nrnvisio.controls import Controls controls = Controls() # Starting the GUI from neuron import h # Getting the HocInterpreter soma = h.Section() # Creating a section soma.insert('hh') # Inserting a HH channel soma.insert('pas') # inserting a passive conductance syn = h.AlphaSynapse(0.5, sec=soma) # synaptic input syn.onset = 0.5 # when to fire syn.gmax = 0.05 # the conductance of the synapse syn.e = 0 # the reversal potential More example in the example directory show how to use Neuronvisio with more complex model. Here are some key features of "NeuronVisio":