Adding a synaptic connection

From Neuronbank Help

Steps for Adding a synaptic connection. You must be logged in as an editor or administrator for this to work.

1. Go to the Detail Page of a Neuron.
2. Click the Edit mode box on the navigation bar.
3. Go to the Relations tab
4. In the left pull-down menu, select -Inputs or -Outputs
   • Inputs are synaptic inputs to the neuron being edited.
   • Outputs are synaptic outputs from the neuron being edited.
5. In the right pull down menu select Create New Instance of the type of synaptic connection.
   • Note: this interface is somewhat balky. If the correct choices don't show up in the pull-down menu on the right, then select a different choice in the left pull-down menu and go back to the original choice.
6. Hit the Add Relation button
7. A new entry will show up in the table with the name of the type of synaptic connection and the name of the neuron, but it will not have either the pre- or post- synaptic neuron (depending upon whether you chose input or output.
8. Click on this new entry.
9. Select either -Pre or -Post from the pull down menu on the left side.
   • Find the instance of the neuron that you wish to connect to in the pull down menu on the right.
10. Click Add Relationship

The synapse has now been added. You can add an annotation to this synapse too. You can add properties to this synapse by clicking the Properties Tab.

Note that if you have used Set Refs then the synapse will already be annotated by those references.