SWC types used in NeuroDevSimΒΆ

The Front.swc_type refers to entries in a column of the SWC file format, which was defined in Cannon et al. 1998. NeuroDevSim uses standard values defined in this paper and on NeuroMorpho.org, but also adds several custom defined SWC types:

type

structure

comment

0

undefined

defined in Cannon et al.

1

soma

defined in Cannon et al.

2

axon

defined in Cannon et al.

3

(basal) dendrite

defined in Cannon et al.

4

apical dendrite

defined in Cannon et al.

5

custom

defined in Cannon et al.

6

neurite

defined by NeuroMorpho.org

7

glial process

defined by NeuroMorpho.org

8

oblique dendrite

NeuroDevSim definition

9

tuft dendrite

NeuroDevSim definition

10

smooth dendrite

NeuroDevSim definition

11

spiny dendrite

NeuroDevSim definition

12

filipodium

NeuroDevSim definition

13

spine

NeuroDevSim definition

14

synaptic bouton

NeuroDevSim definition

15-19

reserved

NeuroDevSim definition

Note that some of these definitions are required for NeuroDevSim to work properly. Somata automatically get swc_type=1, while some of Modeling soma migration depends on proper use of axon (2) and filipodium (12) swc_types.