Python Cable Cells¶
The interface for specifying cell morphologies with the distribution of ion channels and synapses is a key part of the user interface. Arbor will have an advanced and user-friendly interface for this, which is currently under construction.
To allow users to experiment will multi-compartment cells, we provide some helpers for generating cells with random morphologies, which are documented here.
Warning
These features will be deprecated once the morphology interface has been implemented.
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make_cable_cell
(seed, params)¶ Construct a branching
cable_cell
with a random morphology (via parameterseed
) and synapse end points locations described by parameterparams
.The soma has an area of 500 μm², a bulk resistivity of 100 Ω·cm, and the ion channel and synapse dynamics are described by a Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) mechanism. The default parameters of HH mechanisms are:
Na-conductance 0.12 S⋅cm⁻²,
K-conductance 0.036 S⋅cm⁻²,
passive conductance 0.0003 S⋅cm⁻², and
passive potential -54.3 mV
Each cable has a diameter of 1 μm, a bulk resistivity of 100 Ω·cm, and the ion channel and synapse dynamics are described by a passive/ leaky integrate-and-fire model with parameters:
passive conductance 0.001 S⋅cm⁻², and
resting potential -65 mV
Further, a spike detector is added at the soma with threshold 10 mV, and a synapse is added to the mid point of the first dendrite with an exponential synapse model:
time decaying constant 2 ms
resting potential 0 mV
Additional synapses are added based on the number of randomly generated
cell_parameters.synapses
on the cell.- Parameters
seed – The seed is an integral value used to seed the random number generator, for which the
arbor.cell_member.gid
of the cell is a good default.params – By default set to
cell_parameters()
.
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class
cell_parameters
¶ Parameters used to generate random cell morphologies. Where parameters must be given as ranges, the first value is at the soma, and the last value is used on the last level. Values at levels in between are found by linear interpolation.
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depth
¶ The maximum depth of the branch structure (i.e., maximum number of levels in the cell (not including the soma)).
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lengths
¶ The length of the branch [μm], given as a range
[l1, l2]
.
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synapses
¶ The number of randomly generated synapses on the cell.
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branch_probs
¶ The probability of a branch occuring, given as a range
[p1, p2]
.
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compartments
¶ The compartment count on a branch, given as a range
[n1, n2]
.
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