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Here is a web link to the Brian simulator
-http://www.briansimulator.org/
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whose vector methods are disscussed in the article
-Brette R, Goodman DF (2011) Vectorized Algorithms for Spiking Neural
-Network Simulation. Neural Comput
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+Brette R, Goodman DF (2011) Vectorized Algorithms for Spiking Neural
+Network Simulation. *Neural Comput*
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