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Experimental — In Development. The NEST-compatible model family is under active development. Parameter names, defaults, numerical behavior, and the set of available models may change without notice across 0.0.x releases. See the NEST-style status page for current scope and limitations.

NEST-Compatible Plasticity Models

Activity-dependent plasticity synapse models compatible with the NEST simulator. All classes inherit from NESTPlasticity. For static and structural synapse models see NEST-Compatible Synapse Models.

Short-Term Plasticity (STP)

Transient, reversible weight changes on the timescale of individual spikes, following the Tsodyks-Markram formalism.

tsodyks_synapse	NEST-compatible tsodyks_synapse connection model.
tsodyks_synapse_hom	NEST-compatible tsodyks_synapse_hom connection model with homogeneous short-term plasticity.
tsodyks2_synapse	NEST-compatible tsodyks2_synapse connection model.
quantal_stp_synapse	NEST-compatible quantal_stp_synapse connection model.

Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity (STDP)

Long-term weight changes driven by the relative timing of pre- and post-synaptic spikes.

stdp_synapse	NEST-compatible stdp_synapse connection model.
stdp_synapse_hom	NEST-compatible stdp_synapse_hom connection model with homogeneous plasticity parameters.
stdp_pl_synapse_hom	NEST-compatible stdp_pl_synapse_hom connection model.
stdp_facetshw_synapse_hom	NEST-compatible stdp_facetshw_synapse_hom connection model.
stdp_nn_pre_centered_synapse	NEST-compatible stdp_nn_pre_centered_synapse connection model.
stdp_nn_restr_synapse	NEST-compatible stdp_nn_restr_synapse connection model.
stdp_nn_symm_synapse	NEST-compatible stdp_nn_symm_synapse connection model.
stdp_triplet_synapse	NEST-compatible stdp_triplet_synapse connection model.
stdp_dopamine_synapse	NEST-compatible stdp_dopamine_synapse connection model.

Voltage-Based / Specialised Learning Rules

Weight updates that depend on membrane voltage trajectories or supervised teaching signals.

clopath_synapse	NEST-compatible voltage-based STDP synapse following the Clopath plasticity rule.
jonke_synapse	NEST-compatible jonke_synapse connection model with weight-dependent STDP.
urbanczik_synapse	NEST-compatible urbanczik_synapse connection model.
vogels_sprekeler_synapse	NEST-compatible vogels_sprekeler_synapse connection model.
ht_synapse	NEST-compatible Hill-Tononi synapse with vesicle-pool depression.