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# Retinal Stimulation Modeling Environment (RSME)

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Please cite RSME using: \
Ezra-Tsur E, Amsalem O, Ankri L, Patil P, Segev I, Rivlin-Etzion M (2021) Realistic retinal modeling unravels the differential role of excitation and inhibition to starburst amacrine cells in direction selectivity. [PLoS Comput Biol 17(12): e1009754](https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009754)
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The Retinal Stimulation Modeling Environment (RSME) is a multifaceted data-driven retinal model that encompasses detailed neuronal morphology and biophysical properties, retina-tailored connectivity scheme, and visual input.

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