MOOSE GUI

Graphical interface for MOOSE

Harsha Rani, Aviral Goel, Upinder S. Bhalla


Contents

Introduction

The Moose GUI lets you work on both chemical and compartmental/electrical neuronal models using a common interface. This document describes the salient features of the GUI

Interface

The common interface layout consists of a a menu bar and two views, editor view and run view.

The menu bar appears at the top of the top of the main window. In Ubuntu 12.04, the menu bar appears only when the mouse is in the top menu strip of the screen. It consists of the following options -

File

The File menu option provides the following sub options -

View

View menu option provides the following sub options -

Help

Editor View

The editor view provides two windows -

The Model Editor is different for chemical signalling and compartmental neuronal models. The links below the screenshots point to the details for the respective editors.

Chemical Signalling Model Editor

Chemical Signalling Model Editor

Compartmental Model Editor

Compartmental Model Editor

Property Editor

Property Editor

Run View

The Run view, as the name suggests, puts the GUI into a mode where the model can be simulated. As a first step in this, you can click-and-drag an object to the graph window in order to create a time-series plot for that object. For example, in a chemical reaction, you could drag a pool into the graph window and subsequent simulations will display a graph of the concentration of the pool as a function of time. Within the Run View window, the time-evolution of the simulation is displayed as an animation. For chemical kinetic models, the size of the icons for reactant pools scale to indicate concentration. For neuronal models, the colour of dendritic segments changes to indicate membrane potential. Above the Run View window, there is a special tool bar with a set of simulation controls to run the simulation.

Simulation Controls

Simulation Control

Simulation Control

This panel allows you to control the various aspects of the simulation.

Plot Widget

Toolbar

On top of plot window there is a little row of icons:

These are the plot controls. If you hover the mouse over them for a few seconds, a tooltip pops up. The icons represent the following functions:

Context Menu

The context menu is enabled by right clicking on the plot window. It has the following options -