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+# From Excitatory and Inhibitory Interactions in Localized Populations of Model Neurons
+Hugh R. Wilson and Jack D. Cowan; *Biophys J.* 1972 January; 12:1-24.
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+## To run:
+- `nrnivmodl`
+- `nrngui wc.hoc`
+
+Buttons marked 'slow' use movierun so as to allow the trajectory to be viewed during the run.
+
+Parameters can be set in the PointProcessManager. Then use 'As set' button to run without resetting the parameters.
+
+This implementation was copied from Bard Ermentrout's xppaut file: wc.ode (included)
+
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+2025-05-27 – Standardized to Markdown.
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-From Excitatory and Inhibitory Interactions in Localized Populations of Model Neurons
-Hugh R. Wilson and Jack D. Cowan; Biophys J. 1972 January; 12:1-24.
-
-To run:
-  nrnivmodl
-  nrngui wc.hoc
-
-Buttons marked 'slow' use movierun so as to allow the trajectory to be viewed
-during the run. 
-
-Parameters can be set in the PointProcessManager.  Then use 'As set' button to run
-without resetting the parameters.
-
-This implementation was copied from Bard Ermentrout's xppaut file: wc.ode
-(included)