.. _spikecell: Spike source cells ================== Spiking cells act as spike sources from user-specified values inserted via a `schedule description`. They are typically used as stimuli in a network of more complex cells. A spike source cell: * has its morphology is automatically modelled as a single :term:`compartment `; * has one built-in **source**, which needs to be given a label to be used when forming connections from the cell; * has no **targets**; * does not support adding additional **sources** or **targets**; * does not support **gap junctions**; * does not support adding density or point mechanisms; * can only interact with other cells via spike exchange over a :ref:`connection ` where they be a *source* of spikes to cells that have target sites (i.e. *cable* and *lif* cells), but they can not *receive* spikes. API --- * :ref:`Python ` * :ref:`C++ `