.. _sphx_glr_auto_examples_spatial:

Spatially-structured networks in NEST
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Create a population of iaf_psc_alpha neurons on a 4x3 grid.">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_grid_iaf_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/grid_iaf`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: 4x3 grid</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Create 12 freely placed iaf_psc_alpha neurons.">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_grid_iaf_irr_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/grid_iaf_irr`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: Freely placed neurons</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Create three populations of iaf_psc_alpha neurons on a 4x3 grid, each with different center.">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_grid_iaf_oc_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/grid_iaf_oc`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: 4x3 grid for three populations</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Create two populations on a 30x30 grid of iaf_psc_alpha neurons, connect with circular mask, flat probability, visualize.">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_connex_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/connex`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: Circular mask and flat probability</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Create two populations of iaf_psc_alpha neurons on a 30x30 grid with edge_wrap, connect with circular mask, flat probability, visualize.">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_connex_ew_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/connex_ew`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: Circular mask and flat probability, with edge wrap</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Create two populations of iaf_psc_alpha neurons on a 30x30 grid Connect the two populations with convergent projection and rectangular mask, and visualize connections from source perspective">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_conncon_targets_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/conncon_targets`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: Convergent projection and rectangular mask, from source perspective</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Create two populations on a 30x30 grid and connect them using a Gaussian probabilistic kernel BCCN Tutorial @ CNS*09 Hans Ekkehard Plesser, UMB">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_gaussex_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/gaussex`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: Gaussian probabilistic kernel</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Create a 4x3 grid with one pyramidal cell and one interneuron at each position.">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_ctx_2n_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/ctx_2n`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: 4x3 grid with pyramidal cells and interneurons</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Hans Ekkehard Plesser, UMB">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_test_3d_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/test_3d`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: A spatial network in 3D</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Hans Ekkehard Plesser, UMB">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_test_3d_gauss_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/test_3d_gauss`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: A spatial network in 3D with Gaussian connection probabilities</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Hans Ekkehard Plesser, UMB">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_test_3d_exp_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/test_3d_exp`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: A spatial network in 3D with exponential connection probabilities</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Anno Christopher Kurth, INM-6">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_nodes_source_target_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/nodes_source_target`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: Showcase of PlotTargets, PlotSources, GetTargetNodes, GetSourceNodes</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Create two populations of iaf_psc_alpha neurons on a 30x30 grid">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_conncon_sources_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/conncon_sources`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: Convergent projection and rectangular mask, from target perspective</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Create two populations of pyramidal cells and two populations of interneurons on a 30x30 grid. Connect with two projections, one pyr-&gt;pyr, one pyr-&gt;in, and visualize.">

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  .. image:: /auto_examples/spatial/images/thumb/sphx_glr_conncomp_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/auto_examples/spatial/conncomp`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Spatial networks: Pyramidal cells and interneurons</div>
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.. toctree::
   :hidden:

   /auto_examples/spatial/grid_iaf
   /auto_examples/spatial/grid_iaf_irr
   /auto_examples/spatial/grid_iaf_oc
   /auto_examples/spatial/connex
   /auto_examples/spatial/connex_ew
   /auto_examples/spatial/conncon_targets
   /auto_examples/spatial/gaussex
   /auto_examples/spatial/ctx_2n
   /auto_examples/spatial/test_3d
   /auto_examples/spatial/test_3d_gauss
   /auto_examples/spatial/test_3d_exp
   /auto_examples/spatial/nodes_source_target
   /auto_examples/spatial/conncon_sources
   /auto_examples/spatial/conncomp