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Auto- and crosscorrelation functions for spike trains¶
A time bin of size tbin is centered around the time difference it represents. If the correlation function is calculated for tau in [-tau_max, tau_max], the pair events contributing to the left-most bin are those for which tau in [-tau_max-tbin/2, tau_max+tbin/2) and so on.
Correlate two spike trains with each other assumes spike times to be ordered in time. tau > 0 means spike2 is later than spike1
tau_max: maximum time lag in ms correlation function
tbin: bin size
spike1: first spike train [tspike…]
spike2: second spike train [tspike…]
import nest
import numpy as np
def corr_spikes_sorted(spike1, spike2, tbin, tau_max, resolution):
tau_max_i = int(tau_max / resolution)
tbin_i = int(tbin / resolution)
cross = np.zeros(int(2 * tau_max_i / tbin_i + 1), 'd')
j0 = 0
for spki in spike1:
j = j0
while j < len(spike2) and spike2[j] - spki < -tau_max_i - tbin_i / 2.0:
j += 1
j0 = j
while j < len(spike2) and spike2[j] - spki < tau_max_i + tbin_i / 2.0:
cross[int(
(spike2[j] - spki + tau_max_i + 0.5 * tbin_i) / tbin_i)] += 1.0
j += 1
return cross
nest.ResetKernel()
resolution = 0.1 # Computation step size in ms
T = 100000.0 # Total duration
delta_tau = 10.0
tau_max = 100.0 # ms correlation window
t_bin = 10.0 # ms bin size
pc = 0.5
nu = 100.0
nest.local_num_threads = 1
nest.resolution = resolution
nest.overwrite_files = True
nest.rng_seed = 12345
# Set up network, connect and simulate
mg = nest.Create('mip_generator')
mg.set(rate=nu, p_copy=pc)
cd = nest.Create('correlation_detector')
cd.set(tau_max=tau_max, delta_tau=delta_tau)
sr = nest.Create('spike_recorder', params={'time_in_steps': True})
pn1 = nest.Create('parrot_neuron')
pn2 = nest.Create('parrot_neuron')
nest.Connect(mg, pn1)
nest.Connect(mg, pn2)
nest.Connect(pn1, sr)
nest.Connect(pn2, sr)
nest.Connect(pn1, cd, syn_spec={'weight': 1.0, 'receptor_type': 0})
nest.Connect(pn2, cd, syn_spec={'weight': 1.0, 'receptor_type': 1})
nest.Simulate(T)
n_events_1, n_events_2 = cd.n_events
lmbd1 = (n_events_1 / (T - tau_max)) * 1000.0
lmbd2 = (n_events_2 / (T - tau_max)) * 1000.0
spikes = sr.get('events', 'senders')
sp1 = spikes[spikes == 4]
sp2 = spikes[spikes == 5]
# Find crosscorrelation
cross = corr_spikes_sorted(sp1, sp2, t_bin, tau_max, resolution)
print("Crosscorrelation:")
print(cross)
print("Sum of crosscorrelation:")
print(sum(cross))
Total running time of the script: ( 0 minutes 0.000 seconds)