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Steady-state Vm distribution of neurons subject to synaptic noise (Rudolph, Destexhe 2005)
Accession: 64259
This package simulates synaptic background activity similar to in vivo measurements using a model of fluctuating synaptic conductances, and compares the simulations with analytic estimates. The steady-state membrane potential (Vm) distribution is calculated numerically and compared with the "extended" analytic expression provided in the reference (see this paper for details).
Reference: Rudolph M, Destexhe A (2005) An extended analytic expression for the membrane potential distribution of conductance-based synaptic noise. Neural Comput 17:2301-15 [PubMed]
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Model Type:  
Brain Region(s)/Organism:  
Cell Type(s):  Neocortical pyramidal neuron: deep;  
Channel(s):   
Gap Junctions:  
Receptor(s):  GabaA; AMPA;
Gene(s):  
Transmitter(s):  
Simulation Environment:  Neuron;
Model Concept(s):  Simplified Models;
Implementer(s):  Destexhe, Alain [Destexhe at iaf.cnrs-gif.fr];
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readme.txt
Gfluct.mod
mosinit.hoc
demo.hoc
                            
This is the readme for the model associated with the paper:

Rudolph M, Destexhe A (2005) An extended analytic expression for the
membrane potential distribution of conductance-based synaptic
noise. Neural Comput 17:2301-15

Abstract:

Synaptically generated subthreshold membrane potential (Vm)
fluctuations can be characterized within the framework of stochastic
calculus. It is possible to obtain analytic expressions for the
steady-state Vm distribution, even in the case of conductance-based
synaptic currents. However, as we show here, the analytic expressions
obtained may substantially deviate from numerical solutions if the
stochastic membrane equations are solved exclusively based on
expectation values of differentials of the stochastic variables, hence
neglecting the spectral properties of the underlying stochastic
processes. We suggest a simple solution that corrects these
deviations, leading to extended analytic expressions of the Vm
distribution valid for a parameter regime that covers several orders
of magnitude around physiologically realistic values. These extended
expressions should enable finer characterization of the stochasticity
of synaptic currents by analyzing experimentally recorded Vm
distributions and may be applicable to other classes of stochastic
processes as well.

To run the demo, simply auto-launch from ModelDB, or unzip this file,
compile the mod file mechanism and execute the file "demo.hoc".


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