Using NetCon where voltage is not the threshold variable
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2020 8:52 am
Hello,
I am an incoming graduate student building a model of a network of endocrine cells and how the hormones they secrete affect each other. Using the NetCon object seemed like a great way to connect the different cell types and weight the connections. I want the cells to read the hormone concentration coming from the other cells at each time step, but this is problematic since the NetCon object has a threshold argument that must be crossed. In my case it is not a voltage that must be crossed for the connection to be made as in a synapse. As of now my lab partner and I have created a dummy variable that oscillates above and below our set threshold so that we can accomplish this, but I was wondering if there was a built in way to do this other than NetCon or if we aren't using NetCon to it's fullest potential for this purpose? Any help is appreciated!
I am an incoming graduate student building a model of a network of endocrine cells and how the hormones they secrete affect each other. Using the NetCon object seemed like a great way to connect the different cell types and weight the connections. I want the cells to read the hormone concentration coming from the other cells at each time step, but this is problematic since the NetCon object has a threshold argument that must be crossed. In my case it is not a voltage that must be crossed for the connection to be made as in a synapse. As of now my lab partner and I have created a dummy variable that oscillates above and below our set threshold so that we can accomplish this, but I was wondering if there was a built in way to do this other than NetCon or if we aren't using NetCon to it's fullest potential for this purpose? Any help is appreciated!