Cell

class Cell

This object is a container for the compartments

Public Fields
int CellID: The identifier of the cell on this machine: 0
bool Empty: Flag to indicate if a cell is being used
int idx: This is index of definition in ARRAYS from which the object was created
int nCompartments: Number of compartments within this cell
Compartment** vCompartments: List of compartment pointers

Public Methods
Cell(): default constructor
Cell(unsigned int, int, int, int): Additional Constructor
~Cell(): Destructor
void DoProcessCell(int): During each time step, the cell performs actions
void AddMsgsToIncomingQ(Message * ): Messages given to the cell are put into a queue for distribution
void SendOutgoingMsgs(unsigned int): Send out messages waiting in buffer
void ProcessIncomingMsgs(): Handle Messages waiting in incoming queue
void AddMsgsToOutgoingQ(Message * ): Puts message into outgoing queue
void GiveMsgToCompartment(Message *): Pass messages to individual compartments
bool IsEmpty(): Indicates whether cell is empty
void SetEmpty(bool): Set the empty flag on a cell to true or false
bool GetEmpty(): Retreive the status of the empty variable
void SaveSynapseUse(): Used to save only USE value to a file at end of run
Compartment* GetCompartment(int): Return a pointer to compartment at the array index
void CellStateSave( FILE * ): Save Cell state to file
void CellLoad( FILE *, char *, int ): Load Cell state from file

Documentation

This object is a container for the compartments. Also provides access to the other cells. ALl cell to cell communication first goes thru the cell object, which then distributes it to the child compartments contained within. It is through the cell that the program must loop and it is because of the communications between cells that the neuronal modeling is based. The types of cells included here are: Excitatory (E), and Inhibitory (I) and the types of connections allowed are E->E, E->I, I->E, I->I