From 1fb51cce0e3df7897024a021b5cc0f56a2f3f4a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Dang <53052793+gtdang@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:59:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: updated default dict init in get_synaptic_gains

---
 hnn_core/network.py | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hnn_core/network.py b/hnn_core/network.py
index eafdc3714..781717aff 100644
--- a/hnn_core/network.py
+++ b/hnn_core/network.py
@@ -1543,9 +1543,7 @@ def get_synaptic_gains(self):
         dict: A dictionary with the connection types ('e_e', 'e_i', 'i_e',
         'i_i') as keys and their corresponding gain values.
         """
-        # Initialize gain values with default gain of 1.0
-        values = {k: 1.0 for k in ('e_e', 'e_i', 'i_e', 'i_i')}
-
+        values = {}
         e_cells, i_cells = _get_cell_index_by_synapse_type(self)
 
         # Define the connection types and source/target cell indexes