Driving science, sharing and technology --- a review of the impact of a cortical microcircuit model on the fields of computational neuroscience and neuromorphic computing, a decade after its publication:
doi.org/10.1093/cerc...

Using the NEST simulator, they offer a more realistic model for neuronal networks that includes these glial cells, including a model with calcium dynamics and connectivity generation scheme for tripartite interactions.

We are excited to share this paper by Jiang et al. on advancing our understanding how astrocytes play a role in brain function and plasticity!

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Do you also want to start simulating large-scale networks with dendrites? Check out these preprints from Willem Wybo and colleagues!
#nestsim

Very cool paper from the University of Chile investigating how local metabolic constraints influence the structure and activity of spiking neural networks (SNNs)
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... #nestsim

The NEST virtual conference 2025 was another great success! Thanks to all speakers and participants for an inspiring conference! nest-simulator.org/conference

We are excited to present the new paper on NESTML, a user-friendly language and toolchain for simulating SNNs with advanced plasticity rules.
NESTML makes it easy for anyone to create and run models across platforms, enhancing accessibility and reproducibility in neuroscience! tinyurl.com/2x7vcc48

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