Command: iaf_psc_alpha_presc

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Name:
 iaf_psc_alpha_presc - Leaky integrate-and-fire neuron
  with alpha-shape postsynaptic currents; prescient implementation.

Description:
 
  iaf_psc_alpha_presc is the "prescient" implementation of the leaky
  integrate-and-fire model neuron with alpha-shaped postsynaptic
  currents in the sense of [1].  

  PSCs are normalized to an amplitude of 1pA.

  The prescient implementation predicts the effect of spikes arriving
  during a time step by exactly integrating their effect from the
  precise time of spike arrival to the end of the time step.  This is
  exact if the neuron was not refractory at the beginning of the
  interval and remains subthreshold throughout the
  interval. Subthreshold dynamics are integrated using exact integration
  between events [2].

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

 
  V_m          double - Membrane potential in mV 
  E_L          double - Resting membrane potential in mV. 
  V_min        double - Absolute lower value for the membrane potential.
  C_m          double - Capacity of the membrane in pF
  tau_m        double - Membrane time constant in ms.
  t_ref        double - Duration of refractory period in ms. 
  V_th         double - Spike threshold in mV.
  V_reset      double - Reset potential of the membrane in mV.
  tau_syn      double - Rise time of the synaptic alpha function in ms.
  I_e          double - Constant external input current in pA.
  Interpol_Order  int - Interpolation order for spike time: 
                        0-none, 1-linear, 2-quadratic, 3-cubic

Remarks:
  Please note that this node is capable of sending precise spike times
  to target nodes (on-grid spike time plus offset). If this node is
  connected to a spike_detector, the property "precise_times" of the
  spike_detector has to be set to true in order to record the offsets
  in addition to the on-grid spike times.

  Note:
  tau_m != tau_syn is required by the current implementation to avoid a
  degenerate case of the ODE describing the model [1]. For very similar values,
  numerics will be unstable.
 
References:
  [1] Morrison A, Straube S, Plesser H E, & Diesmann M (2006) Exact Subthreshold 
  Integration with Continuous Spike Times in Discrete Time Neural Network 
  Simulations. To appear in Neural Computation.
  [2] Rotter S & Diesmann M (1999) Exact simulation of time-invariant linear
  systems with applications to neuronal modeling. Biologial Cybernetics
  81:381-402.
        
Author:
 Diesmann, Eppler, Morrison, Plesser, Straube

Sends:
 SpikeEvent

Receives:
 SpikeEvent, CurrentEvent, DataLoggingRequest
  
SeeAlso:iaf_psc_alpha iaf_psc_alpha_canon iaf_psc_delta_canon
Source:
 /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/precise/iaf_psc_alpha_presc.h

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