Introduction

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This model of a [striatal spiny projection neuron](http://neurolex.org/wiki/Category:Neostriatum_direct_pathway_spiny_neuron) is in development in GENESIS, but a version is under construction here in NeuroML 2 format.

Note: the main purpose of this project is to test the scope of NeuroML v2.0, and its ability to encode detailed conductance based models.

The SSPN model is still in development in GENESIS, but will be added here when it is published.

### Clone the project

Note: this project has recently been moved from a [Mercurial](http://mercurial.selenic.com) repository to [GitHub](https://github.com/OpenSourceBrain/StriatalSpinyProjectionNeuron)

To get a local copy of this project, [install Git](http://www.opensourcebrain.org/projects/gitintro/wiki/Wiki) and run:

git clone https://github.com/OpenSourceBrain/StriatalSpinyProjectionNeuron.git

cd StriatalSpinyProjectionNeuron/NeuroML2

(Alternatively use: `git clone git`github.com:OpenSourceBrain/StriatalSpinyProjectionNeuron.git@ if you prefer to use SSH. See [here](https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git) for more info.)

### Test the project

Install NeuroML 2/libNeuroML, see [here](http://www.neuroml.org/neuroml2.php#libNeuroML). Remember to set the **NML2\_HOME** environment variable.

Run the example cell with:

nml2 Test\_lems.xml

Also try the other example. Note more work is needed to get this behaving like a real SSN, but the channels can be tested with this example:

nml2 LemsSim.xml

See plots of this example below:

![](MSSN.png)