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+# Model Code for Goldberg et al. (2006)
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+Goldberg JA, Deister CA, Wilson CJ (2006) Response properties and synchronization of rhythmically-firing dendritic neurons.
+*J Neurophysiol* Sep 6; [Epub ahead of print]
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+## Note from Dr. Goldberg
+
+I apologize for not having code that executes each figure, but truly all the information is in the paper. I hope the names are self explanatory. The simulations of pairs of neurons that appear in the paper require VERY VERY long times to reach steady state, as the coupling is very weak in the case of dendritic coupling.
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+One final comment, although in figure 2 the dendrite/cable is passive the code includes an NaP current in the cable, but if the conductance gnad is set to zero the cable becomes passive.
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+Email: josh@biocontrol.co.il
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+2025-05-27 – Standardized to Markdown
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-This is the readme for the model code associated with the publication:
-
-Goldberg JA, Deister CA, Wilson CJ (2006) Response properties and
-synchronization of rhythmically-firing dendritic neurons.
-J Neurophysiol Sep 6; [Epub ahead of print]
-
-Note from Dr Goldberg:
-
-I apologize for not having code that executes each figure, but truly
-all the information is in the paper. I hope the names are self
-explanatory. The simulations of pairs of neurons that appear in the
-paper require VERY VERY long times to reach steady state, as the
-coupling is very weak in the case of dendritic coupling.  One final
-comment, although in figure 2 the dendrite/cable is passive the code
-includes an NaP current in the cable, but if the conductance gnad is
-set to zero the cable becomes passive.
-
-josh@biocontrol.co.il
-