ModelDB: Half-center oscillator database of leech heart interneuron model (Doloc-Mihu & Calabrese 2011)

Half-center oscillator database of leech heart interneuron model (Doloc-Mihu & Calabrese 2011)

Accession: 144518

We have created a database (HCO-db) of instances of a half-center oscillator computational model [Hill et al., 2001] for analyzing how neuronal parameters influence network activity. We systematically explored the parameter space of about 10.4 million simulated HCO instances and corresponding isolated neuron model simulations obtained by varying a set of selected parameters (maximal conductance of intrinsic and synaptic currents) in all combinations using a brute-force approach. We classified these HCO instances by their activity characteristics into identifiable groups. We built an efficient relational database table (HCO-db) with the resulting instances characteristics.
Reference: Doloc-Mihu A, Calabrese RL (2011) A database of computational models of a half-center oscillator for analyzing how neuronal parameters influence network activity J Biol Phys. 37(3):263-83 [PubMed]

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Model Type:	Network;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:	Leech;
Cell Type(s):	Leech heart interneuron;
Channel(s):	I Na,p; I Na,t; I K; I h; I Calcium; I Potassium;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s):
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Simulation Environment:	MySQL (web link to model);
Model Concept(s):	Activity Patterns; Bursting; Oscillations; Invertebrate;
Implementer(s):	Doloc-Mihu, Anca [adolocm at emory.edu];

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Half-Center Oscillator model database (HCO-db)

The target of this project is to understand how intrinsic membrane and
synaptic parameters affect the electrical activity of a half-center
oscillator model (HCO) and how different parameter regimes influence
stability and modulatability of the HCO model's output.

A half-center oscillator (HCO) is a common circuit building block of
central pattern generator (CPG) networks that produce rhytmic motor
patterns in animals. Hill et al.'s HCO simple conductance-based model
replicates the electrical activity of the oscillator interneurons of
the leech heartbeat CPG under a variety of experimental
conditions. This model consists of two reciprocally inhibitory
interneurons that make reciprocal spike-mediated and graded synapses
across the ganglionic midline.

We systematically explored the parameter space of about 10.4 million
simulated HCO instances and corresponding isolated neuron model
simulations obtained by varying a set of selected parameters (maximal
conductance of intrinsic and synaptic currents) in all combinations
using a brute-force approach. We classified these HCO instances by
their activity characteristics into identifiable groups. We built an
efficient relational database (HCO-db) with the resulting instances
characteristics. By efficiently querying the database we can answer to
our questions regarding the biological implications of these HCO
models.

Contents:

HCO model files (implemented in Genesis 2.3)

Description of parameter space and simulation files

Group classification algorithm

The HCO-db database (in MySQL)

References:

1. Doloc-Mihu A, Calabrese RL (2011). A database of computational
models of a half-center oscillator for analyzing how neuronal
parameters influence network activity. J Biol Phys, Springer, 37(3):
263-283 [PubMed].

2. Hill AA, Lu J, Masino MA, Olsen OH, Calabrese RL (2001) A model of
a segmental oscillator in the leech heartbeat neuronal network. J
Comput Neurosci 10:281-302 [PubMed]

Last updated June 8, 2012. Please send comments to adolocm at
emory.edu.

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Note from the ModelDB Administrator: the below web page was derived from an edited copy taken on June 12th, 2012 of http://www.biology.emory.edu/research/Calabrese/hco-db/hcoDB_Main.html