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XNBC V8

A Workstation for Biological Neural Network Simulation

Reference manual for Version 8.21

Jean-François VIBERT

B3E ESI ISARS
INSERM U444
CHU Saint-Antoine, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
PARIS
FRANCE
vibert@b3e.jussieu.fr

The XNBC project was supported by the DRET (Contract 91/1246A and 94/2526A).

Contents
List of Figures
Presentation of XNBC
- The XNBC components
- The XNBC objects
- How to use XNBC
- History and implementation
- Contributors
- DISCLAIMER
The XNBC control panel
- Pulldown menus
- Programs launched by the control panel
- Behavior of the control panel
- Files
- Diagnostics and problems
The phenomenologic model graphic editor
- The menu bar
- The vertical scales
- The horizontal scales
- Files
- Known problems
The conductance based model graphic editor
- User interface
- Currents
- Simulation parameters
- Experiment type
- Visualizations
- Outputs
- Miscellaneous
- Files
- Known problems
The simple network editor
- Description of the user s interface
- Description of a cluster
- Description of a link
- Description of the Cluster Parameters dialog box
- Description of the Link Parameters dialog box
- The steps to follow to create a simple network
- User Interface Menu Functions.
- Representation of objects
- Placement mode.
- Files
- Known problems
The full featured network editor
- New concepts bring by the full featured network editor
- User interface of the full featured Network Editor.
- Links between neurons and between nuclei
- Network concept
- Nucleus concept
- Files
- Known problems
The drug editor
- Menu bar
- Files
- Known problems
The simulator
- The leaky integrator model graphic editor
- The conductance based model graphic editor.
- Architecturing the modelled network
- Loading the network
- Running the simulation
- External inputs
- Stopping the simulation
- Analysis tools
- Help
- Files
- Known problems
The visualization tool
- Available representations
- Description of the user's interface
- How to visualize data using the visualization tool
- Quick selection and visualization of membrane potential of neurons
- Files
- Known problems
The time series analysis tool
- Data format
- XTMS menus
- Changing the parameters
- Printing
- Files
- Known problems
The network activity analysis tool
- Data format
- XCAA menus
- Changing the parameters
- Files
- Known problems
Installation of XNBC
- Customization
- Local Install (user mode)
- Global Install (root mode)
- User manual
- Using XNBC
- Example data set
Files of XNBC
PUM model equations
- Equations
- Default values
LIM model equations
- Equations
- Default values
BUM model equations
- Equations
- Default values
CBM model equations
- Equations
- Default values
References
- Papers about XNBC or using XNBC
Bibliography
- References cited in the text
About this document ...

Jean-Francois Vibert
1998-08-26