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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Example plot for LFPy: Single-synapse contribution to the LFP

Copyright (C) 2017 Computational Neuroscience Group, NMBU.

Execution:

    python example_anisotropy.py
    
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"""
import LFPy
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.collections import PolyCollection
from os.path import join


cell_parameters = {          # various cell parameters,
    'morphology' : join('morphologies', 'ball_and_stick.hoc'), # Mainen&Sejnowski, 1996
    'passive_parameters': {"g_pas": 1/30000., "e_pas": -70},
    'cm' : 1.0,         # membrane capacitance
    'Ra' : 150,        # axial resistance
    'v_init' : -65.,    # initial crossmembrane potential
    'passive' : True,   # switch on passive mechs
    'nsegs_method' : 'lambda_f',
    'lambda_f' : 1000.,
    'dt' : 2.**-2,      # simulation time step size
    'tstart' : -10.,    # start time of simulation, recorders start at t=0
    'tstop' : 10.,   # stop simulation at 200 ms. These can be overridden
                        # by setting these arguments i cell.simulation()
}

# Create cell
cell = LFPy.Cell(**cell_parameters)
cell.set_pos(z=-10)

synapse_parameters = {
    'idx' : 0,
    'e' : 0.,                   # reversal potential
    'syntype' : 'ExpSyn',       # synapse type
    'tau' : 5.,                 # synaptic time constant
    'weight' : .001,            # synaptic weight
    'record_current' : False,    # record synapse current
}

# Create synapse and set time of synaptic input
synapse = LFPy.Synapse(cell, **synapse_parameters)
synapse.set_spike_times(np.array([5.]))


# Create a grid of measurement locations, in (um)
X, Z = np.mgrid[-100:101:2, -100:200:2]
Y = np.zeros(X.shape)


sigma = 0.3
sigma_tensor = [0.3, 0.3, 0.45]

# Define electrode parameters
grid_electrode_parameters = {
    'sigma' : sigma,      # extracellular conductivity
    'x' : X.flatten(),  # electrode requires 1d vector of positions
    'y' : Y.flatten(),
    'z' : Z.flatten(),
    'method': 'soma_as_point'
}

grid_electrode_parameters_tensor = {
    'sigma' : sigma_tensor,      # extracellular conductivity
    'x' : X.flatten(),  # electrode requires 1d vector of positions
    'y' : Y.flatten(),
    'z' : Z.flatten(),
    'method': 'soma_as_point'
}


# Run simulation, electrode object argument in cell.simulate
print("running simulation...")

cell.simulate(rec_imem=True)

# Create electrode objects

grid_electrode = LFPy.RecExtElectrode(cell, **grid_electrode_parameters)
grid_electrode.calc_lfp()

grid_electrode_tensor = LFPy.RecExtElectrode(cell, **grid_electrode_parameters_tensor)
grid_electrode_tensor.calc_lfp()

fig = plt.figure(figsize=[10, 5])

ax = fig.add_subplot(121, aspect='equal', xlabel='x ($\mu$m)', ylabel='z ($\mu$m)', title="Sigma: %s S/m" % str(sigma),
                     ylim=[np.min(grid_electrode.z), np.max(grid_electrode.z)],
                     xlim=[np.min(grid_electrode.x), np.max(grid_electrode.x)])

max_idx = np.argmax(np.abs(cell.imem[0,:]))

LFP = 1000 * grid_electrode.LFP[:,max_idx].reshape(X.shape)
im = ax.contourf(X, Z, LFP, 51, vmin=-np.max(np.abs(LFP)) / 1, vmax=np.max(np.abs(LFP)) / 1,
           cmap='bwr',
           zorder=-2)
ax.contour(X, Z, LFP, 51, vmin=-np.max(np.abs(LFP)) / 1, vmax=np.max(np.abs(LFP)) / 1,
           cmap='bwr',
           zorder=-2)

cbar = plt.colorbar(im)
cbar.set_label('LFP ($\mu$V)')

#plot morphology
zips = []
for x, z in cell.get_idx_polygons():
    zips.append(list(zip(x, z)))
polycol = PolyCollection(zips, alpha=0.2,
                         edgecolors='none',
                         facecolors='k')
ax.add_collection(polycol)


ax.plot(cell.xmid[cell.synidx],cell.zmid[cell.synidx], 'o', ms=5,
        markeredgecolor='k',
        markerfacecolor='r')

ax2 = fig.add_subplot(122, aspect='equal', xlabel='x ($\mu$m)', title="Sigma: %s S/m" % str(sigma_tensor),
                     ylim=[np.min(grid_electrode.z), np.max(grid_electrode.z)],
                     xlim=[np.min(grid_electrode.x), np.max(grid_electrode.x)])

LFP = 1000 * grid_electrode_tensor.LFP[:,max_idx].reshape(X.shape)
im = ax2.contourf(X, Z, LFP, 51, vmin=-np.max(np.abs(LFP)) / 1, vmax=np.max(np.abs(LFP)) / 1,
           cmap='bwr',
           zorder=-2)
ax2.contour(X, Z, LFP, 51, vmin=-np.max(np.abs(LFP)) / 1, vmax=np.max(np.abs(LFP)) / 1,
           cmap='bwr',
           zorder=-2)

cbar = plt.colorbar(im)
cbar.set_label('LFP ($\mu$V)')
#plot morphology
zips = []
for x, z in cell.get_idx_polygons():
    zips.append(list(zip(x, z)))
polycol = PolyCollection(zips,
                         edgecolors='none', alpha=0.2,
                         facecolors='k')
ax2.add_collection(polycol)


ax2.plot(cell.xmid[cell.synidx],cell.zmid[cell.synidx], 'o', ms=5,
        markeredgecolor='k',
        markerfacecolor='r')

plt.savefig('example_anisotropy.pdf', dpi=150)

plt.show()