.. currentmodule:: brian2

.. custom_events:

Example: custom_events
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            .. note::
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Example demonstrating the use of custom events.

Here we have three neurons, the first is Poisson spiking and connects to neuron G,
which in turn connects to neuron H. Neuron G has two variables v and g, and the
incoming Poisson spikes cause an instantaneous increase in variable g. g decays
rapidly, and in turn causes a slow increase in v. If v crosses a threshold, it
causes a standard spike and reset. If g crosses a threshold, it causes a custom
event ``gspike``, and if it returns below that threshold it causes a custom
event ``end_gspike``. The standard spike event when v crosses a threshold
causes an instantaneous increase in variable x in neuron H (which happens
through the standard ``pre`` pathway in the synapses), and the gspike
event causes an increase in variable y (which happens through the custom
pathway ``gpath``).

::

    from brian2 import *
    # Input Poisson spikes
    inp = PoissonGroup(1, rates=250*Hz)
    # First group G
    eqs_G = '''
    dv/dt = (g-v)/(50*ms) : 1
    dg/dt = -g/(10*ms) : 1
    allow_gspike : boolean
    '''
    G = NeuronGroup(1, eqs_G, threshold='v>1',
                    reset='v = 0; g = 0; allow_gspike = True;',
                    events={'gspike': 'g>1 and allow_gspike',
                            'end_gspike': 'g<1 and not allow_gspike'})
    G.run_on_event('gspike', 'allow_gspike = False')
    G.run_on_event('end_gspike', 'allow_gspike = True')
    # Second group H
    eqs_H = '''
    dx/dt = -x/(10*ms) : 1
    dy/dt = -y/(10*ms) : 1
    '''
    H = NeuronGroup(1, eqs_H)
    # Synapses from input Poisson group to G
    Sin = Synapses(inp, G, on_pre='g += 0.5')
    Sin.connect()
    # Synapses from G to H
    S = Synapses(G, H,
                 on_pre={'pre': 'x += 1',
                         'gpath': 'y += 1'},
                 on_event={'pre': 'spike',
                           'gpath': 'gspike'})
    S.connect()
    # Monitors
    Mstate = StateMonitor(G, ('v', 'g'), record=True)
    Mgspike = EventMonitor(G, 'gspike', 'g')
    Mspike = SpikeMonitor(G, 'v')
    MHstate = StateMonitor(H, ('x', 'y'), record=True)
    # Initialise and run
    G.allow_gspike = True
    run(500*ms)
    # Plot
    figure(figsize=(10, 4))
    subplot(121)
    plot(Mstate.t/ms, Mstate.g[0], '-g', label='g')
    plot(Mstate.t/ms, Mstate.v[0], '-b', lw=2, label='V')
    plot(Mspike.t/ms, Mspike.v, 'ob', label='_nolegend_')
    plot(Mgspike.t/ms, Mgspike.g, 'og', label='_nolegend_')
    xlabel('Time (ms)')
    title('Presynaptic group G')
    legend(loc='best')
    subplot(122)
    plot(MHstate.t/ms, MHstate.y[0], '-r', label='y')
    plot(MHstate.t/ms, MHstate.x[0], '-k', lw=2, label='x')
    xlabel('Time (ms)')
    title('Postsynaptic group H')
    legend(loc='best')
    tight_layout()
    show()

.. image:: ../resources/examples_images/advanced.custom_events.1.png