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get_inner_section_at_distance

biophysics_fitting.utils.get_inner_section_at_distance(cell, dist, beyond_dist=1000, beyond_struct=['ApicalDendrite'])

Get sections that connect to specific structures at a particular distance.

Fetches all sections that are connected to compartments with labels in beyond_struct, and that have a soma distance of beyond_dist. This is useful to get sections of the apical trunk of an L5PT, filtering out oblique dendrites.

Parameters:

  • cell (Cell) – The cell object.

  • dist (float) – The distance from the soma (um).

  • beyond_dist (float) – The minimum distance from the soma (um).

  • beyond_struct (list) – The labels of the structures to check.

Returns:

The section and the relative distance from the section to the soma. Only returns the section that’s closest to the provided dist.

Return type:

tuple

See also

See also: get_inner_sec_dist_dict() that returns all sections beyond some distance, rather than only the closest section at a specific distance.