Merge pull request #13122 from adevress/neuron

Add new package neuron. Neuron network simulation framework

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+{ stdenv 
+, fetchurl 
+, pkgconfig 
+, ncurses 
+, mpi ? null
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "neuron-7.4";
+  buildInputs = [ stdenv pkgconfig ncurses mpi ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.neuron.yale.edu/ftp/neuron/versions/v7.4/nrn-7.4.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1rid8cmv5mca0vqkgwahm0prkwkbdvchgw2bdwvx4adkn8bbl0ql";
+  };
+
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  configureFlags = [ "--without-x"
+		     "${if mpi != null then "--with-mpi" else "--without-mpi"}" ];
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Simulation environment for empirically-based simulations of neurons and networks of neurons";
+
+    longDescription = "NEURON is a simulation environment for developing and exercising models of 
+		neurons and networks of neurons. It is particularly well-suited to problems where 
+		cable properties of cells play an important role, possibly including extracellular 
+		potential close to the membrane), and where cell membrane properties are complex, 
+		involving many ion-specific channels, ion accumulation, and second messengers";
+
+    license     = licenses.bsd3;
+    homepage    = http://www.neuron.yale.edu/neuron;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.adev ];
+    platforms   = platforms.all;
+  };  
+}
+