Command: iaf_chxk_2008

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Name:
 iaf_chxk_2008 - Conductance based leaky integrate-and-fire neuron model used in
Casti et al 2008.

Description:
iaf_chxk_2008 is an implementation of a spiking neuron using IAF dynamics with
conductance-based synapses [1]. It is modeled after iaf_cond_alpha with the addition
of after hyperpolarization current instead of a membrane potential reset.
Incoming spike events induce a post-synaptic change
of conductance modeled by an alpha function. The alpha function
is normalized such that an event of weight 1.0 results in a peak current of 1 nS
at t = tau_syn.

Parameters:
 
The following parameters can be set in the status dictionary.

V_m        double - Membrane potential in mV 
E_L        double - Leak reversal potential in mV.
C_m        double - Capacity of the membrane in pF
V_th       double - Spike threshold in mV.
E_ex       double - Excitatory reversal potential in mV.
E_in       double - Inhibitory reversal potential in mV.
g_L        double - Leak conductance in nS.
tau_ex     double - Rise time of the excitatory synaptic alpha function in ms.
tau_in     double - Rise time of the inhibitory synaptic alpha function in ms.
I_e        double - Constant input current in pA.
tau_ahp    double - Afterhyperpolarization (AHP) time constant in ms.
E_ahp	   double - AHP potential in mV.
g_ahp	   double - AHP conductance in nS.
ahp_bug	   bool   - Defaults to false. If true, behaves like original model implementation.

References:
[1] Casti A, Hayot F, Xiao Y, and Kaplan E (2008) A simple model of retina-LGN transmission.
    J Comput Neurosci 24:235-252.

Sends:
 SpikeEvent

Receives:
 SpikeEvent, CurrentEvent

Author:
 Heiberg

SeeAlso:iaf_cond_alpha
Source:
 /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/models/iaf_chxk_2008.h

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