cell_to_serializable_object¶

single_cell_parser.serialize_cell.cell_to_serializable_object(cell)¶

Convert a Cell object to a dict, so that it can be serialized.

Useful for parallellization using e.g. Dask or Joblib.

The serialized object contains the following information:

tVec: time vector
parameters: dictionary of parameters
allPoints: point coordinates fo the cell
sections: list of dictionaries containing the following information for each section:
- recVList: membrane potential
- recordVars: dictionary of hoc arrays
- label: label of the section
- sec_id: ID of the section
- parent_id: ID of the parent section
synapses: dictionary of synapse populations, each containing a list of synapses with the following information:
- preCell: dictionary containing the spike times of the presynaptic cell
- coordinates: coordinates of the synapse
hoc: hoc file content