STDPSynapse.cpp

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** This program is part of 'MOOSE', the
** Messaging Object Oriented Simulation Environment.
**           Copyright (C) 2003-2009 Upinder S. Bhalla. and NCBS
** It is made available under the terms of the
** GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
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#include "header.h"
#include "SynHandlerBase.h"
#include "Synapse.h"
#include "STDPSynapse.h"

const Cinfo* STDPSynapse::initCinfo()
{

    static string doc[] =
    {
        "Name", "STDPSynapse",
        "Author", "Aditya Gilra",
        "Description", "Subclass of Synapse including variables for Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP).",
    };

    static ValueFinfo< STDPSynapse, double > aPlus(
        "aPlus",
        "aPlus is a pre-synaptic variable that keeps a decaying 'history' of previous pre-spike(s)"
        "and is used to update the synaptic weight when a post-synaptic spike appears."
        "It determines the t_pre < t_post (pre before post) part of the STDP window.",
        &STDPSynapse::setAPlus,
        &STDPSynapse::getAPlus
    );

    static Finfo* synapseFinfos[] = {
        &aPlus,     // Field
    };

    static Dinfo< STDPSynapse > dinfo;
    static Cinfo STDPSynapseCinfo (
        "STDPSynapse",
        Synapse::initCinfo(),
        synapseFinfos,
        sizeof( synapseFinfos ) / sizeof ( Finfo* ),
        &dinfo,
        doc,
        sizeof( doc ) / sizeof( string ),
        true // This is a FieldElement.
    );

    return &STDPSynapseCinfo;
}

static const Cinfo* STDPSynapseCinfo = STDPSynapse::initCinfo();

STDPSynapse::STDPSynapse() : handler_ (0)
{
    aPlus_ = 0.0;
}

void STDPSynapse::setHandler( SynHandlerBase* h )
{
    handler_ = h;
    Synapse::setHandler( h );
}

void STDPSynapse::setAPlus( const double v )
{
    aPlus_ = v;
}

double STDPSynapse::getAPlus() const
{
    return aPlus_;
}