NEURON

NEURON is used to smiulate compartmental models and networks of neurons.  All NEURON simulations on this website are packaged in nrnzip files. Instructions on how to install NEURON and run the simulations are below.

Windows

Installation: Follow the  instructions on the NEURON website, making sure that during installation you choose to associate hoc and nrnzip files with neuron.exe and mos2nrn.exe respectively, as explained on the NEURON website.

Running: Clicking on the download link and opening the file will launch the simulation. 

Mac

Installation: Follow the  instructions on the NEURON website.

Running:  Instructions needed. This link may be helpful. http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron/faq#osxusage The Linux method below can also be used.

Linux

Installation: Follow the  instructions on the NEURON website.

Running: Download the nrnzip file. Start the simulation by typing

mos2nrn simulation_file.nrnzip

in a terminal.