Before revision:  We present an efficient mean-field model of excitatory and inhibitory adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire (AdEx) neurons of which we analyse the dynamical properties and validate the results using detailed network simulations.
After revision:  We present an efficient mean-field model of excitatory and inhibitory adaptive exponential integrate-and-fire (AdEx) neurons which can be used to efficiently study the effects of electrical stimulation on large neural populations. The rich dynamical properties of this basic cortical model are described in detail and validated using large network simulations.