Skip to content

Update synapse keywords used in model filter docs#3789

Open
jessica-mitchell wants to merge 3 commits intonest:mainfrom
jessica-mitchell:synapse-keywords
Open

Update synapse keywords used in model filter docs#3789
jessica-mitchell wants to merge 3 commits intonest:mainfrom
jessica-mitchell:synapse-keywords

Conversation

@jessica-mitchell
Copy link
Copy Markdown
Contributor

@jessica-mitchell jessica-mitchell commented Mar 19, 2026

Based on review with @ddahmen and initial view at hackathon with other developers,
here is the suggested list of synaspe keywords to use to filter models

  • chemical - Unidirectional spike transmission from presynaptic to postsynaptic neuron
  • electrical - Bidirectional voltage-based transmission
  • abstract - Non-biological models, often used for rate-based simulations
  • rate - Rate-coded transmission (continuous signals)
  • learning - Learning signal connections for e-prop
  • functional - Synapses with dynamic functional properties
  • static - Static synapses with no plasticity
  • stochastic - stochastic spike transmission where neurotransmitter release is probabliistic
  • stp - Short-term plasticity
  • stdp - Spike-timing dependent plasticity
  • 3-factor - 3-factor plasticity rules (e.g., clopath, urbanczik, vogels_sprekeler)
  • astrocyte - Astrocyte coupling models

Structural would be another, but we don't have any models that support this specifically

Decision needed

this list removes terms like Hill-Tononi and Clopath from the synapse models. This means that you cannot filter for those terms and find the neuron and synapse models that correspond to each other- we can re-add these back of course if that is desired.

@jessica-mitchell jessica-mitchell added T: Enhancement New functionality, model or documentation S: Normal Handle this with default priority I: No breaking change Previously written code will work as before, no one should note anything changing (aside the fix) labels Mar 19, 2026
@github-project-automation github-project-automation Bot moved this to In progress in Documentation Mar 19, 2026
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment

Labels

I: No breaking change Previously written code will work as before, no one should note anything changing (aside the fix) S: Normal Handle this with default priority T: Enhancement New functionality, model or documentation

Projects

Status: In progress

Development

Successfully merging this pull request may close these issues.

1 participant