Routine Name:
planarconnect
Description:
Establishes synaptic connections between groups of
elements
based on the x-y positions of the elements. This routine
sets up the connections by adding SPIKE messages between the
source and destination objects.
Usage:
planarconnect source_elements
-relative \
-sourcemask {box, ellipse} x1 y1 x2
-sourcehole {box, ellipse} x1 y1 x2
-destmask
{box, ellipse} x1 y1 x2
-desthole
{box, ellipse} x1 y1 x2
-probability p
destination_elements \
y2
y2
y2
y2
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source_elements A wildcarded list of elements which are the
sources of the SPIKE messages. These must be of
class "spiking" and are usually spikegen or
randomspike objects.
destination_elements A wildcarded list of elements which are
the destinations of the SPIKE messages. These must
be synchans or objects derived from synchan.
-relative This option means that connections will be set up
based on the locations of destination objects
relative to source objects. If this option is not
selected, the absolute locations of source and
destination elements will be used to determine
whichconnections are to be set up.
-sourcemask {box, ellipse} x1 y1 x2 y2 -- This specifies a
rectangular or elliptical region from which source
elements are to be taken. If the "box" option is
used, then x1 and y1 are the minimum x and y values
of the region while x2 and y2 are the maximum x and y
values of the region. If the "ellipse" option is
used, then the source region is an ellipse with x1
and y1 representing the center of the ellipse while
x2 and y2 represent the lengths of the principal axes
in the x and y directions respectively. Note that
to choose a circular region x2 and y2 must be equal.
Note also that one or the other of {box, ellipse}
MUST be chosen; leaving both of them out will generate
an error. Finally, one can choose multiple source
regions by having multiple -sourcemask options.
The same conventions are followed for the next three
options.
-sourcehole {box, ellipse} x1 y1 x2 y2 -- This specifies a
rectangular or elliptical region NOT to include in
the source region(s). You can exclude multiple
regions by having multiple -sourcehole options.
-destmask {box, ellipse} x1 y1 x2 y2 -- This specifies a
rectangular or elliptical region to which SPIKE
messages will be sent.
-desthole {box, ellipse} x1 y1 x2 y2 -- This specifies a
rectangular or elliptical region NOT to include in
the destination region(s).
-probability p -- This option causes connections to be
made with a probability p, which must be in the
range [0,1]. This allows probabilistically-connected
networks to be set up.
Example:
[From the "Orient_tut" simulation:]
planarconnect /retina/recplane/rec[]/input
/V1/horiz/soma[]/exc_syn
-relative
-sourcemask box -1 -1 1 1
-destmask
box {-V1_SEPX * 2.4}
{-V1_SEPY * 0.6} \
{ V1_SEPX * 2.4} \
{ V1_SEPY * 0.6}
Notes:
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This routine calculates distance using only the x and y
coordinates of the element positions. It is convenient for
objects laid out in planar arrays but ignoring the z
direction is somewhat unrealistic. volumeconnect is almost
identical with planarconnect except that it uses the
positions
of elements in three dimensions to specify whether
connections
are made or not.
The weights and delays of the connections set up by this
command are typically specified using the planarweight and
planardelay commands, although they can be set up by hand.
See also:
volumeconnect, planarweight, planardelay; Chapter 18 of the
Book of GENESIS (2nd ed.) has a lengthy discussion on this
and
related commands.