The #NEST Conference 2026 has just started! I'm looking forward to two days of talks and discussions on #NeuralNetworks and the latest advances in the #NESTSimulator ✌️
Btw: We're using Gather Town again and I love creating these #8bit-like avatars there 👾
Btw: We're using Gather Town again and I love creating these #8bit-like avatars there 👾
June 16, 2026 at 9:13 AM
The #NEST Conference 2026 has just started! I'm looking forward to two days of talks and discussions on #NeuralNetworks and the latest advances in the #NESTSimulator ✌️
Btw: We're using Gather Town again and I love creating these #8bit-like avatars there 👾
Btw: We're using Gather Town again and I love creating these #8bit-like avatars there 👾
🧠 New blog post on #GapJunctions: How #ElectricalSynapses synchronize #neurons & shape #NetworkDynamics. Includes a #modeling overview + small #PythonTutorial using #NESTsimulator. Feel free to share!
🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-08-15-gap_junctions/
#Neuroscience #CompNeuro #OpenSource
🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-08-15-gap_junctions/
#Neuroscience #CompNeuro #OpenSource
On the role of gap junctions in neural modelling
Gap junctions are specialized intercellular connections that facilitate direct electrical and chemical communication between neurons. Unlike synaptic transmission, which involves neurotransmitter rele...
fabriziomusacchio.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🧠 New blog post on #GapJunctions: How #ElectricalSynapses synchronize #neurons & shape #NetworkDynamics. Includes a #modeling overview + small #PythonTutorial using #NESTsimulator. Feel free to share!
🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-08-15-gap_junctions/
#Neuroscience #CompNeuro #OpenSource
🌍 fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-08-15-gap_junctions/
#Neuroscience #CompNeuro #OpenSource
I recently played around with #RateModels in #NESTsimulator. They track average #FiringRates of #NeuronPopulations, capturing collective dynamics like #oscillations, but miss precise spike timing. Here is a brief overview:
🌍 www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-08...
#CompNeuro #SNN #Python
🌍 www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-08...
#CompNeuro #SNN #Python
Rate models as a tool for studying collective neural activity
Rate models provide simplified representations of neural activity in which the precise spike timing of individual neurons is replaced by their average firing rate. This abstraction makes it possible t...
www.fabriziomusacchio.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I recently played around with #RateModels in #NESTsimulator. They track average #FiringRates of #NeuronPopulations, capturing collective dynamics like #oscillations, but miss precise spike timing. Here is a brief overview:
🌍 www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-08...
#CompNeuro #SNN #Python
🌍 www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-08...
#CompNeuro #SNN #Python
Direct follow-up post: This example shows how to simulate a network of 500 inhibitory #SNN neurons with #GapJunctions using #NESTsimulator, analyzing the effects on #synchrony and #oscillations:
🌍 www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-09...
#CompNeuro #Neuroscience #PythonTutorial #Python
🌍 www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-09...
#CompNeuro #Neuroscience #PythonTutorial #Python
August 18, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Direct follow-up post: This example shows how to simulate a network of 500 inhibitory #SNN neurons with #GapJunctions using #NESTsimulator, analyzing the effects on #synchrony and #oscillations:
🌍 www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-09...
#CompNeuro #Neuroscience #PythonTutorial #Python
🌍 www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2025-09...
#CompNeuro #Neuroscience #PythonTutorial #Python
🧠 Pastorelli et al. (2025) present a simplified 2-compartment #neuron with #CalciumDynamics. The Ca-#AdEx model reproduces state-specific #dendritic mechanisms across wake, #NREM & #REM using ThetaPlanes. Nice @nest-initiative.org implementation!
#NESTsimulator #CompNeuro
#NESTsimulator #CompNeuro
We are thrilled to share Elena Pastorelli and Pier Stanislao Paolucci’s amazing work on modeling dendritic calcium dynamics in large-scale network simulations using NEST'S multi-compartment modeling framework developed by Willem Wybo (tinyurl.com/caldyn) #nestsim
September 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🧠 Pastorelli et al. (2025) present a simplified 2-compartment #neuron with #CalciumDynamics. The Ca-#AdEx model reproduces state-specific #dendritic mechanisms across wake, #NREM & #REM using ThetaPlanes. Nice @nest-initiative.org implementation!
#NESTsimulator #CompNeuro
#NESTsimulator #CompNeuro
A massive thank you to all NEST contributors and to Mahesh Madhav (Ampere Computing) for the incredible collaboration over the last two years to make this happen!
🔗 Overview: spec.org/cpu2026/docs/overview.html#Q13
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2605.01575
#NESTSimulator #SPECCPU2026
🔗 Overview: spec.org/cpu2026/docs/overview.html#Q13
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2605.01575
#NESTSimulator #SPECCPU2026
Overview - CPU 2026
spec.org
May 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
A massive thank you to all NEST contributors and to Mahesh Madhav (Ampere Computing) for the incredible collaboration over the last two years to make this happen!
🔗 Overview: spec.org/cpu2026/docs/overview.html#Q13
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2605.01575
#NESTSimulator #SPECCPU2026
🔗 Overview: spec.org/cpu2026/docs/overview.html#Q13
🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2605.01575
#NESTSimulator #SPECCPU2026