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by ahwillia
Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:33 pm
Forum: NEURON + Python
Topic: Export a subset of loaded morphology
Replies: 3
Views: 6893

Re: Export a subset of loaded morphology

Ok nice - and then you would need a `load_json`function, something like: def load_json(morphfile): with open(morphfile, 'r') as f: secdata = json.load(morphfile) seclist = [] for sd in secdata: # make section sec = h.Section(name=sd['name']) seclist.append(sec) # make 3d morphology for x,y,z,d in zi...
by ahwillia
Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:35 am
Forum: NEURON + Python
Topic: Export a subset of loaded morphology
Replies: 3
Views: 6893

Export a subset of loaded morphology

I have a use case where I import a (large, complex) morphology from an swc file. Then I have a procedure for pruning branches to make a simpler morphology. At the end of the day, I have a python list with of NEURON section objects (they are all connected and the list contains the root node). Now I w...
by ahwillia
Tue Dec 22, 2015 12:52 pm
Forum: UNIX/Linux
Topic: NEURON dockerfile
Replies: 1
Views: 8837

NEURON dockerfile

I'm in the process of making a Dockerfile for NEURON to make it easier for others to try out simulations without installing on their own machines. I anticipate that I'll have a lot of questions throughout the course of this process... Apologies in advance, I haven't installed NEURON on a machine in ...
by ahwillia
Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:00 am
Forum: NEURON + Python
Topic: Simple function to add synapses
Replies: 8
Views: 7195

Re: Simple function to add synapses

Yes, I don't need to run the code multiple times within the same iPython session. I just happened to be doing that when I was testing things out... So I have a satisfactory solution to the problem.
by ahwillia
Sat Oct 11, 2014 2:01 pm
Forum: NEURON + Python
Topic: Simple function to add synapses
Replies: 8
Views: 7195

Re: Simple function to add synapses

I finally figured it out. There is nothing wrong with the code, but NEURON does not clean up after itself, causing the code to crash the second time its run. Before I was doing this: $ ipython In [1]: %run model.py # this works fine the first time In [2]: %run model.py # the second run usually segfa...
by ahwillia
Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:15 pm
Forum: NEURON + Python
Topic: Simple function to add synapses
Replies: 8
Views: 7195

Re: Simple function to add synapses

So I updated the code to keep the h.Vector() objects in memory. Another post on the forum seemed to suggest that this was important. However, I'm still getting sporadic segfaults. The code DOES work maybe 50% of the time. When I comment out the section for adding synapses, I get no segfaults. from n...
by ahwillia
Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:47 am
Forum: NEURON + Python
Topic: Simple function to add synapses
Replies: 8
Views: 7195

Re: Simple function to add synapses

Thanks for the reply. I think I'm moving in the right direction. However, the code below segfaults and I'm not sure why (it may be completely unrelated to the synapses, I will investigate further). from neuron import h import numpy as np import pylab as plt # Load morphology and other stuff h.load_f...
by ahwillia
Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:23 pm
Forum: NEURON + Python
Topic: Simple function to add synapses
Replies: 8
Views: 7195

Simple function to add synapses

This is a very basic question. I would like to implement a python function that adds an Exp2Syn at a specified location, which triggers a series of post-synaptic events at specified times. I want to do something like: from neuron import h def add_synapse(section,loc,weight,times): " " &quo...
by ahwillia
Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:31 pm
Forum: Getting started
Topic: how to display 3d coordinates of a segment
Replies: 9
Views: 17255

Re: how to display 3d coordinates of a segment

In case anybody is interested, I figured out how you can do this in Python: from neuron import h dend1 = h.Section() dend2 = h.Section() dend3 = h.Section() h.pt3dadd(0,0,0,1,sec=dend1) h.pt3dadd(1,0,0,1,sec=dend1) h.pt3dadd(0,0,0,1,sec=dend3) h.pt3dadd(0,1,0,1,sec=dend3) for s in dend1,dend2,dend3:...
by ahwillia
Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:35 am
Forum: Reaction-diffusion in NEURON
Topic: Active Transport
Replies: 4
Views: 9163

Re: Active Transport

Hi Ted, I'm interested in activity-dependent transcription of mRNA and its transport to neurites. Some mRNAs can be produced and transported quite rapidly (~15 minutes after high frequency stimulation). I like the idea of a phenomenological model, but I would like to couple mRNA production and expre...
by ahwillia
Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:25 pm
Forum: Reaction-diffusion in NEURON
Topic: Active Transport
Replies: 4
Views: 9163

Active Transport

I'm curious if it is possible to use the rxd module to model active transport of intracellular solutes. For a simple example, suppose I have two sections: from neuron import h, rxd soma = h.Section() dend = h.Section() dend.connect(soma , 1, 0) Lets say that some mRNA transcript of ('m') interest is...
by ahwillia
Tue May 20, 2014 3:24 pm
Forum: Adding new mechanisms and functions to NEURON
Topic: How to access L (length of section) in NMODL
Replies: 1
Views: 2074

How to access L (length of section) in NMODL

I have a couple of mechanisms that need to know the surface area of the section they are inserted into. I tried to achieve this by the following code ASSIGNED { diam (um) L (um) surface_area (um) } BREAKPOINT { surface_area = 3.141592 * diam * L } I found that diam was correctly specified... but... ...
by ahwillia
Wed Apr 30, 2014 12:16 pm
Forum: Adding new mechanisms and functions to NEURON
Topic: Check if pointer is null in NMODL
Replies: 7
Views: 5064

Re: Check if pointer is null in NMODL

I am now getting a list of compile-time errors. The first listed one is: invalid storage class for function 'state_change' I get this error for the following code: DERIVATIVE state_change { rates(v) : Calculate minf, taum, hinf, tauh m' = (minf-m)/taum h' = (hinf-h)/tauh if( plastic==1 ){ gbar' = (a...
by ahwillia
Wed Apr 30, 2014 11:36 am
Forum: Adding new mechanisms and functions to NEURON
Topic: Check if pointer is null in NMODL
Replies: 7
Views: 5064

Re: Check if pointer is null in NMODL

Great! This is easy to implement. Thanks for your help.

Out of curiousity, how does NEURON handle the line

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gbar' = 0
Will this slow the simulation down a little bit, or is it smart enough to ignore gbar in the integration routine entirely?

Thanks again!