Welcome to the brainpy.state examples gallery! Here you'll find complete, runnable examples demonstrating various aspects of computational neuroscience modeling.
All examples are available in the examples_state/ directory of the BrainPy repository.
These examples reproduce influential models from the computational neuroscience literature.
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.. grid-item-card:: E-I Balanced Networks
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/102_EI_net_1996.py
Implements the classic excitatory-inhibitory balanced network showing chaotic dynamics.
- 80% excitatory, 20% inhibitory neurons
- Random sparse connectivity
- Balanced excitation and inhibition
- Asynchronous irregular firing
.. grid-item-card:: COBA Network (2005)
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/103_COBA_2005.py
Conductance-based synaptic integration in balanced networks.
- Conductance-based synapses (COBA)
- Reversal potentials
- More biologically realistic
- Stable asynchronous activity
.. grid-item-card:: CUBA Network (2005)
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/104_CUBA_2005.py
Current-based synaptic integration (simpler, faster variant).
- Current-based synapses (CUBA)
- Faster computation
- Widely used for large-scale simulations
.. grid-item-card:: COBA with Hodgkin-Huxley Neurons (2007)
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/106_COBA_HH_2007.py
More detailed neuron model with sodium and potassium channels.
- Hodgkin-Huxley neuron dynamics
- Action potential generation
- Biophysically detailed
- Computationally intensive
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.. grid-item-card:: Gamma Oscillation (1996)
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/107_gamma_oscillation_1996.py
Interneuron network generating gamma oscillations (30-80 Hz).
- Interneuron-based gamma
- Inhibition-based synchrony
- Physiologically relevant frequency
- Network oscillations
.. grid-item-card:: Synfire Chains (199x)
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/108_synfire_chains_199.py
Demonstrates reliable spike sequence propagation.
- Feedforward architecture
- Reliable spike timing
- Wave propagation
- Temporal coding
.. grid-item-card:: Fast Global Oscillation
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/109_fast_global_oscillation.py
High-frequency oscillations (>100 Hz) in inhibitory networks.
- Very fast oscillations
- Gap junction coupling
- Inhibitory synchrony
- Pathological rhythms
Series of models exploring different gamma generation mechanisms:
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.. grid-item-card:: Asynchronous Irregular (AI)
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/110_Susin_Destexhe_2021_gamma_oscillation_AI.py
AI state: No oscillations, irregular firing
- Background activity state
- Asynchronous firing
- No clear rhythm
.. grid-item-card:: CHING Mechanism
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/111_Susin_Destexhe_2021_gamma_oscillation_CHING.py
Coherent High-frequency INhibition-based Gamma
- Coherent inhibition
- High-frequency gamma
- Interneuron synchrony
.. grid-item-card:: ING Mechanism
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/112_Susin_Destexhe_2021_gamma_oscillation_ING.py
Inhibition-based Gamma
- Pure inhibitory network
- Gamma through inhibition
- Fast synaptic kinetics
.. grid-item-card:: PING Mechanism
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/113_Susin_Destexhe_2021_gamma_oscillation_PING.py
Pyramidal-Interneuron Gamma
- E-I loop generates gamma
- Most common mechanism
- Excitatory-inhibitory interaction
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.. grid-item-card:: Supervised Learning with Surrogate Gradients
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/200_surrogate_grad_lif.py
Trains a simple spiking network using surrogate gradients.
- Surrogate gradient method
- LIF neuron training
- Simple classification task
- Gradient-based learning
.. grid-item-card:: Fashion-MNIST Classification
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/201_surrogate_grad_lif_fashion_mnist.py
Trains a spiking network on Fashion-MNIST dataset.
- Fashion-MNIST dataset
- Multi-layer SNN
- Spike-based processing
- Real-world classification
.. grid-item-card:: MNIST with Readout Layer
:link: https://github.com/brainpy/BrainPy/tree/master/examples_state/202_mnist_lif_readout.py
Uses readout layer for classification.
- MNIST handwritten digits
- Specialized readout layer
- Spike counting
- Classification from spike rates