Synapse

class Synapse

models the communication between cells

Public Fields
ADDRESS Sender: The (mach, cell, cmp) to which the synapse belongs (receiving cmp)
int idx: The index into the ARRAYS structure to the object this synapse was created from
int serial: Unique number to identify each synapse
SynapseRSE* SynRSE: Pointer to the Synapse RSE object used by this synapse
SynapsePSG* SynPSG: Pointer to the Synapse PSG object used by this synapse
SynapseData* SynData: Pointer to the Synapse Data object used by this synapse
SynapseLearning* SynLearn: Pointer to the Synapse Learning object used by this synapse
int PSGOut_Size: The full size of the PSG array
int nPSGOut: The number of elements used in the PSG array
SynapsePSGOutgoing* vPSGOut: this is the container for the cumulative waveforms added together after each spike
int Active: This is incremented for each spike in progress for the Synapse
double USE: The current USE value of the synapse

Public Methods
Synapse(): Default Constructor
Synapse(T_SYNAPSE *, ADDRESS *, ADDRESS *, unsigned int, Random *, int, int, int, int, int): Constructor used when building from input file
~Synapse(): Destructor
void SynStateSave( FILE * ): Save current synapse state to file
void SynapseLoad( FILE *, char * ): Load Synapse state from a file

Documentation

models the communication between cells. The synapse is the connecting bridge between the sending cell and the receiving cel. The synapse object is owned by the receiving cell, and it is the responsibility of the receiving cell to ensure that the synapse is updated with learning and EPSC/IPSCs at each pass through the DoProcessLoop the synapse receives a binary event - that the pre-synaptic cell has fired and action potential. void DoNegativeHebbianLearning (); a spike is receivied by the pre-synaptic area, and when the vesicles are all released and a resulting I/EPSP waveform is created then the synapse sends out its conductance value to the connectied compartment (post-synaptic cell) if another spike comes in to the synapse while a I/EPSP wavform is generating, then there is some depression of the resulting waveform, the two waveformes are summed together and that one value is sent to the post-synaptic compartment.