Introduction to using the Traub et al 2005 model
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First, and most importantly, please remember that this is a **work in progress**!

The original Traub et al model was developed in FORTRAN, this was converted to NEURON by Tom Morse and Michael Hines, and this has now been converted to NeuroML & neuroConstruct.

Install neuroConstruct & get latest project
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See the instructions [here](http://www.opensourcebrain.org:8080/projects/neuroconstructprojects/wiki/Wiki) regarding obtaining the latest version of neuroConstruct.

Install NEURON, GENESIS or MOOSE (see project:simulators).

To get a local copy of the Thalamocortical project type:

`hg clone http://www.opensourcebrain.org/hg/osb/models/cerebral_cortex/networks/Thalamocortical`

View a cell in 3D
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Open neuroConstruct and view a cell in 3D… Currently

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Test installation with single cell simulation
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Run a single cell on NEURON… Currently

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Generate synapse files
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Currently the majority of the synapse models (ChannelML based synapses in **cellMechanism** folder) are not included in the project in the repository.

These are generated by a script **makeSyns.sh** in **pythonScripts/netbuild**. This script was manually created from the info in teh Appendix of the original paper (it’s easier to check/update the values in **makeSyns.sh** than through the neuroConstruct GUI).

This script (or **makeSyns.bat** on Windows) needs to be run once to generate files **cellMechanisms/Syn\_AMPA\_L4SS\_L4SS/ChannelMLSyn.xml** etc.