/netmorph

A Framework for the Generation of Large Scale Neuronal Networks that is based on the Simulated Development of Neuron Morphology and Synaptic Connectivity by means of Neurite Growth and Synapse Formation Models.

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NETMORPH (netmorph.org)

A Framework for the Generation of Large Scale Neuronal Networks that is based on the Simulated Development of Neuron Morphology and Synaptic Connectivity by means of Neurite Growth and Synapse Formation Models

(N)NETMORPH

Randal A. Koene

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Distribution and Downloading

NETMORPH is free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License and is made available via repository on Github at:

https://github.com/randalkoene/netmorph

To obtain the software, you can clone the repository. Alternatively, you can download a compressed tar archive of the latest version:

http://www.netmorph.org/Home/netmorph-pub1.0.tar.gz

For more information, to contact the author, or for additional network development scripts and tools, please see the website at:

http://www.netmorph.org

Installation

NETMORPH depends on the GNU system libraries and is written in standard C++, although compilation during development is done only with the g++/gcc GNU C++/C compilers.

  1. Extract the package netmorph-YYYYMMDD.tar.gz. (YYYYMMDD specifies the creation date of the package.)

    A directory netmorph-YYYYMMDD will be created that contains the source files of NETMORPH.

  2. Run the installation script: ./install.sh

    Successful compilation results in the programs netmorph and netmorph2D.

At this point it is possible to use the netmorph programs to run simulations of network development. In order to perform evaluation of simulation results and to produce graphs of a resulting network and its statistical data, the following additional tools need to be installed:

octave (http://www.octave.org/) xfig (http://www.xfig.org/) ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org/)

These are standard mathematics and graphics packages that are available through the package managers of all major Linux distributions.

© Copyright 2008 Randal A. Koene randalk@netmorph.org

With design assistance from J. van Pelt & A. van Ooyen, and support from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Program Computational Life Sciences grant CLS2003 (635.100.005) and from the EC Marie Curie Research and Training Network (RTN) NEURoVERS-it 019247.

This file is part of NETMORPH.

NETMORPH is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

NETMORPH is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with NETMORPH. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.