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Chapter 4: Cells


Cells form a container for the compartments
KeywordValueDescription
CELL
N/A
Indicates the start of a cell definition section
TYPE
name(string)
the name which will be used to refer to this Cell type
COMPARTMENT
name(string)
label(string)
x(real)
y(real)
name is a compartment defined in the input file (where the charateristics of that type of compartment are defined), label is a tag that will be used to refer to this compartment when assigning this compartment to other objects such as stimulus, x and y are the relative coordinates of the compartment in the cell.
CONNECT
Compartment(string)
Compartment(string)
Speed(integer)
G(real)
Connections between Compartments. The source (first) connects to the destination (second). The connections have the speed specified. G???
END_CELL
N/A
Indicates the end of a cell definition section

Example

CELL
        TYPE                    Exc-cNAC
        COMPARTMENT             Soma-cNAC       s1      0       0
END_CELL

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