Example: Touboul_Brette_2008 (frompapers)

Chaos in the AdEx model

Fig. 8B from: Touboul, J. and Brette, R. (2008). Dynamics and bifurcations of the adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire model. Biological Cybernetics 99(4-5):319-34.

This shows the bifurcation structure when the reset value is varied (vertical axis shows the values of w at spike times for a given a reset value Vr).

from brian import *

defaultclock.dt=0.01*ms

C=281*pF
gL=30*nS
EL=-70.6*mV
VT=-50.4*mV
DeltaT=2*mV
tauw=40*ms
a=4*nS
b=0.08*nA
I=.8*nA
Vcut=VT+5*DeltaT # practical threshold condition
N=500

eqs="""
dvm/dt=(gL*(EL-vm)+gL*DeltaT*exp((vm-VT)/DeltaT)+I-w)/C : volt
dw/dt=(a*(vm-EL)-w)/tauw : amp
Vr:volt
"""

neuron=NeuronGroup(N,model=eqs,threshold=Vcut,reset="vm=Vr;w+=b")
neuron.vm=EL
neuron.w=a*(neuron.vm-EL)
neuron.Vr=linspace(-48.3*mV,-47.7*mV,N) # bifurcation parameter

run(3*second,report='text') # we discard the first spikes

M=StateSpikeMonitor(neuron,("Vr","w")) # record Vr and w at spike times
run(2*second,report='text')

Vr,w=M.values("Vr"),M.values("w")

figure()
plot(Vr/mV,w/nA,'.k')
xlabel('Vr (mV)')
ylabel('w (nA)')
show()