PyOpenWorm.connection module

class PyOpenWorm.connection.Connection(pre_cell=None, post_cell=None, number=None, syntype=None, synclass=None, termination=None, **kwargs)

Bases: PyOpenWorm.biology.BiologyType

Connection between Cells

Parameters:

pre_cell : string, Muscle or Neuron, optional

The pre-synaptic cell

post_cell : string, Muscle or Neuron, optional

The post-synaptic cell

number : int, optional

The weight of the connection

syntype : {‘gapJunction’, ‘send’}, optional

The kind of synaptic connection. ‘gapJunction’ indicates a gap junction and ‘send’ a chemical synapse

synclass : string, optional

The kind of Neurotransmitter (if any) sent between pre_cell and post_cell

Attributes:

termination : {‘neuron’, ‘muscle’}

Where the connection terminates. Inferred from type of post_cell