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neuroConstruct

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neuroConstruct (http://www.neuroConstruct.org, Gleeson et al. 2007) is a software application designed to facilitate the creation of complex networks of biophysically detailed neurons in 3D through a graphical user interface. It automatically generates scripts for a number of popular neuronal simulators, allowing the modeler to concentrate on incorporating and analyzing the anatomical and physiological aspects of the model, rather than learning a simulator specific programming language.

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Generation of 3D networks of cells:neuroConstruct was initially developed to allow generation of complex networks of anatomically detailed cells, to help understand the functioning of intricately connected microcircuits in brain regions such as the cerebellum and cerebral cortex . Prototype cells can be created for the neurons known to be present, with 3D representations of dendrites and axons....

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  • Gleeson P, Steuber V, Silver RA (2007) neuroConstruct: A tool for modeling networks of neurons in 3D space. Neuron 54(2):219–235

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  • Gleeson P, Crook S, Cannon RC, Hines ML, Billings GO, Farinella M, Morse TM, Davison AP, Ray S, Bhalla US, Barnes SR, Dimitrova YD, Silver RA (2010) NeuroML: A language for describing data driven models of neurons and networks with a high degree of biological detail. PLoS Comput Biol 6(6):e1000, 815

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  1. Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, UK

    Padraig Gleeson

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  1. Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Dieter Jaeger

  2. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

    Ranu Jung

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Gleeson, P. (2014). neuroConstruct. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7320-6_94-1

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