Accessing neuron vectors stored in a python list

When Python is the interpreter, what is a good
design for the interface to the basic NEURON
concepts.

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ryang
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Accessing neuron vectors stored in a python list

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I am trying to access neuron vector objects stored in a python list that have recorded the conductances at a synapse ( syn is a list of mod objects in code below). I cannot figure out how to access them from the list so that I can sum them up and plot the trace. The code I have to create the list is shown below. The simple case of creating one vector and using record on it works just fine and I'm able to plot the results. I've been looking for examples of something similar but I'm coming up short.

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syn_g_rec_list = []
for i in range(len(syn)):
	syn_g_rec_list.append(h.Vector().record(syn[i]._ref_g,1))
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Re: Accessing neuron vectors stored in a python list

Post by ted »

Is this enough to get you on the right track?

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from neuron import h
veclist = []
for i in range(3):
  veclist.append(h.Vector(4))
  veclist[i].indgen(0.1+i)
  print 'vector', i
  veclist[i].printf()
ryang
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Re: Accessing neuron vectors stored in a python list

Post by ryang »

Yes! Thank you. For anyone else's future reference my code adjustment is shown.

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syn_g_rec_list = []
for i in range(len(syn)):
	syn_g_rec_list.append(h.Vector(h.tstop))
	syn_g_rec_list[i].record(syn[i]._ref_g,1)
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Re: Accessing neuron vectors stored in a python list

Post by ramcdougal »

A quick clarification:

The underlying issue was that vector.record returns a status (typically 1.0) and not the vector, so the original version was simply recording all the statuses and discarding the vectors.
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