.. currentmodule:: brian2

.. synapses:

Example: synapses
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            .. _launchbinder: https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/brian-team/brian2-binder/master?filepath=examples/synapses/synapses.ipynb

            .. note::
               You can launch an interactive, editable version of this
               example without installing any local files
               using the Binder service (although note that at some times this
               may be slow or fail to open): |launchbinder|_

        

A simple example of using `Synapses`.

::

    from brian2 import *
    
    G1 = NeuronGroup(10, 'dv/dt = -v / (10*ms) : 1',
                     threshold='v > 1', reset='v=0.', method='exact')
    G1.v = 1.2
    G2 = NeuronGroup(10, 'dv/dt = -v / (10*ms) : 1',
                     threshold='v > 1', reset='v=0', method='exact')
     
    syn = Synapses(G1, G2, 'dw/dt = -w / (50*ms): 1 (event-driven)', on_pre='v += w')
    
    syn.connect('i == j', p=0.75)
    
    # Set the delays
    syn.delay = '1*ms + i*ms + 0.25*ms * randn()'
    # Set the initial values of the synaptic variable
    syn.w = 1
    
    mon = StateMonitor(G2, 'v', record=True)
    run(20*ms)
    plot(mon.t/ms, mon.v.T)
    xlabel('Time (ms)')
    ylabel('v')
    show()
    

