parrot_neuron – Neuron that repeats incoming spikes =================================================== Description +++++++++++ The parrot neuron simply emits one spike for every incoming spike. An important application is to provide identical poisson spike trains to a group of neurons. The ``poisson_generator`` sends a different spike train to each of its target neurons. By connecting one ``poisson_generator`` to a ``parrot_neuron`` and then that ``parrot_neuron`` to a group of neurons, all target neurons will receive the same poisson spike train. Remarks ....... - Weights of connections *to* the ``parrot_neuron`` are ignored. - Weights on connections *from* the ``parrot_neuron`` are handled as usual. - Delays are honored on incoming and outgoing connections. Only spikes arriving on connections to port 0 will be repeated. Connections onto port 1 will be accepted, but spikes incoming through port 1 will be ignored. This allows setting exact pre- and postsynaptic spike times for STDP protocols by connecting two parrot neurons spiking at desired times by, e.g., a `stdp_synapse` onto port 1 on the postsynaptic parrot neuron. Receives ++++++++ SpikeEvent Sends +++++ SpikeEvent