Fig. 1

Structure of PyRates. Neural populations (P) are connected within and across micro circuits via connection strengths (C) and delays (D). Connections terminate at synapses that are either excitatory (black) or inhibitory (red). Populations are defined by a) pulse-to-wave transforms that transform incoming, pre-synaptic input into post-synaptic average membrane potential changes and b) wave-to-pulse transforms that transform the average membrane potential back into average firing rates that can in turn be transmitted to other populations