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title: Brian simulator

abstract: A clock-driven simulator for spiking neural networks

authors:
  - family-names: Stimberg
    given-names: Marcel
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-4790
  - family-names: Goodman
    given-names: Dan F. M.
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1007-6474
  - family-names: Evans
    given-names: Benjmain
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1734-6070
  - family-names: Brette
    given-names: Romain
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0110-1623
  - name: Brian contributors

version: '2.10.1'

date-released: '2025-12-05'

identifiers:
  - description: This is the collection of archived snapshots of all versions of Brian 2
    type: doi
    value: 10.5281/zenodo.654861
  - description: This is the archived snapshot of version 2.10.0 of Brian 2
    type: doi
    value: 10.5281/zenodo.17819110
  - description: Software Heritage identifier for version 2.10.0 of Brian 2
    type: swh
    value: swh:1:rel:ff0b5fbadc5e8fd60fedf9caed3cc8b5bcff7a40

license: CECILL-2.1

repository-code: https://github.com/brian-team/brian2

preferred-citation:
  authors:
    - family-names: Stimberg
      given-names: Marcel
      orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-4790
    - family-names: Goodman
      given-names: Dan F. M.
      orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1007-6474
    - family-names: Brette
      given-names: Romain
      orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0110-1623
  title: Brian 2, an intuitive and efficient neural simulator
  journal: eLife
  month: 8
  year: 2019
  volume: 8
  doi: 10.7554/eLife.47314
  type: article
