I have a model with a detailed morphology that I drive with synaptic input (of Exp2syn type).
I would now like to visualize the synaptic activation in a animation/movie, i.e. map the synaptic current onto the morphology over time.
Is there a best practice for this?
I have made a clumsy quick fix using a custom made mechanism, spikeMonitor, that maps the point process nature of the synapse onto a range variable (using pointers). I can then capture the state of this range variable, during the simulation using PlotShape().
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Spike detection mechanism for visualization of synaptic input onto the morphology
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NEURON {
THREADSAFE
SUFFIX spikeMonitor
RANGE spike, fake
POINTER I
}
PARAMETER {
fake = 0
}
ASSIGNED {
I
spike
}
INITIAL {
I = 0
spike = 0
}
BREAKPOINT {
spike = I
}
What would you recommend? Or even better is there a ready a solution for this?