Model catalogue

Every model, one page per family: equations, parameters with defaults, an example and the API. Units (SNN.@load_units): ms, mV, pA, pF, nS, cm, μM; rates per ms (Hz = 1e-3).

FamilyModelsPage
Integrate-and-fire neuronsIF, ExtendedIF, AdEx, post-spike model PostSpikeIntegrate-and-fire neurons
Other single-compartment neuronsIZ (Izhikevich), HH (Hodgkin-Huxley), MorrisLecarIzhikevich, Hodgkin-Huxley, Morris-Lecar
Rate modelsRate, WilsonCowan, HetRecRate models
Spike sourcesPoisson (homogeneous, heterogeneous, variable rate), InhomogeneousPoisson, IdentitySpike sources
Multicompartment neuronsTripod, BallAndStick, dendrite geometry (Dendrite, Physiology)Multicompartment neurons
Synapse and receptor modelsDeltaSynapse, CurrentSynapse, SingleExpSynapse, DoubleExpSynapse, DoubleExpCurrentSynapse, ReceptorSynapse, MultiReceptorSynapse, Confavreux2025Synapse, Receptor, NMDAVoltageDependencySynapse and receptor models
ConnectionsSpikingSynapse, RateSynapse, FLSynapse, PINningSynapse, EmptySynapse, connectivity rules of sparse_matrixConnections
Long- and short-term plasticitySTDPGerstner, STDPTriplet, STDPWeightDependent, STDPMexicanHat, STDPConfavreux2025, STDPSymmetric, STDPAntiSymmetric, vSTDPParameter, vSTDPDenseParameter, iSTDPRate, iSTDPPotential, MarkramSTPParameterPlasticity rules
MetaplasticitySynapseNormalization (MultiplicativeNorm, AdditiveNorm), AggregateScaling, Turnover (RandomTurnover, ActivityDependentTurnover)Metaplasticity
StimuliPoissonStimulus, PoissonLayer, CurrentStimulus, SpikeTimeStimulus, BalancedStimulus, StimulusGroup, EmptyStimulusStimuli
Short-term-plasticity parameters in SNNUtilsheterogeneous STP parameters sampled from experimental fits (SNNUtils/src/models)SNNUtils models
SNNUtils toolssequence stimuli, E/I balance, classifiers, weight analysisSNNUtils tools