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+# For the paper:
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+**Fast Global Oscillations in Networks of Integrate-and-Fire Neurons with Low Firing Rates**  
+Nicolas Brunel & Vincent Hakim  
+*Neural Computation* 11, 1621-1671 (1999)
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+A Brian simulator model is available at this web page:
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+[http://briansimulator.org/docs/examples-frompapers_Brunel_Hakim_1999.html](http://briansimulator.org/docs/examples-frompapers_Brunel_Hakim_1999.html)
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+That reproduces an example of Figure 3C
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+![screenshot](./screenshot.png)
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+This simulation requires Brian which can be downloaded and installed from the instructions available at [http://www.briansimulator.org/](http://www.briansimulator.org/)
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+For support on installing and using Brian simulations there is a support group at [https://groups.google.com/group/briansupport](https://groups.google.com/group/briansupport).
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+2025-07-09: Converted README to Markdown.