Changes of ionic concentrations during seizure transitions (Gentiletti et al. 2016)

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"... In order to investigate the respective roles of synaptic interactions and nonsynaptic mechanisms in seizure transitions, we developed a computational model of hippocampal cells, involving the extracellular space, realistic dynamics of Na+, K+, Ca2+ and Cl - ions, glial uptake and extracellular diffusion mechanisms. We show that the network behavior with fixed ionic concentrations may be quite different from the neurons’ behavior when more detailed modeling of ionic dynamics is included. In particular, we show that in the extended model strong discharge of inhibitory interneurons may result in long lasting accumulation of extracellular K+, which sustains the depolarization of the principal cells and causes their pathological discharges. ..."
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1 . Gentiletti D, Suffczynski P, Gnatkovsky V, de Curtis M (2017) Changes of Ionic Concentrations During Seizure Transitions - A Modeling Study. Int J Neural Syst 27:1750004 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Synapse; Extracellular; Realistic Network;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Entorhinal cortex;
Cell Type(s):
Channel(s): Na/K pump; KCC2; I Na, leak; I K,leak; I Na,t; I Na,p; I K; I L high threshold; I_AHP; I M; I K,Ca;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s):
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s): Ions;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Epilepsy; Reaction-diffusion; Synchronization; Simplified Models;
Implementer(s): Gentiletti, Damiano [gentiletti.damiano at gmail.com];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I K; I K,leak; I M; I K,Ca; Na/K pump; I_AHP; I Na, leak; KCC2; Ions;
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TITLE accum :Ion accumulation, potassium buffering and diffusion between compartments and to the bath

NEURON {
	SUFFIX accum
	USEION na READ ina, nao, nai WRITE nai, nao, ina
	USEION k  READ ik, ko, ki WRITE ki, ko, ik
	USEION ca READ ica, cai WRITE cai, cao, ica VALENCE 2
	USEION cl READ icl, cli, clo WRITE cli, clo, icl VALENCE -1
	
	RANGE volin, volout, volpyram
	RANGE nap, kp, cap, clp
	POINTER diamp, inap, ikp, icap, iclp
	GLOBAL setnap, setkp, setcap, setclp, TotalBuffer
}

UNITS	{
	(um3)		= (liter/1e15)
	(mV)		= (millivolt)
	(mA)		= (milliamp)
	FARADAY		= 96485.309 (coul/mole)
	(molar)		= (1/liter)
	(mM)		= (millimolar)
	PI		= (pi) (1)
	R 		= (k-mole) (joule/degC)
}

PARAMETER {
	Difna = 0.1  (um2/ms)
	Difk  = 1.96	(um2/ms)
	Difca = 0.6	(um2/ms)
	Difcl = 2.03    (um2/ms)
	
	k1buf = 0.0008 (/ms)
	TotalBuffer = 500 (mM)
	x0 = 15 (mM)          

	nab = 140 (mM) 
	kb  = 3.5 (mM)
	clb = 135 (mM)
	
	s = 2e4

	setvolin=1
	setvolout=1
	setvolpyram=1

	setnap
	setkp
	setcap
	setclp
}

ASSIGNED {
	ina		(mA/cm2)
	ik		(mA/cm2)
	ica		(mA/cm2)
	icl		(mA/cm2)
	
	inap		(mA/cm2)
	ikp		(mA/cm2)
	icap		(mA/cm2)
	iclp		(mA/cm2)
	
	diam		(um)
	diamp		(um)
	
	naflux[3]
	kflux[3]
	caflux[3]
	clflux[3]
	
	dif[3]
	
	nai ki cai cli	:Concentrations in interneuron
	nao ko cao clo	:Concentrations in extracellular space
  	nap kp cap clp	:Concentrations in pyramidal neuron

	volin     	:Interneuron volume
	volout		:Extracellular volume
	volpyram	:Pyramidal neuron volume

	Kd (/mM)
	B0 (mM)
}

STATE { na[3] k[3] ca[3] cl[3] (mM) <1e-4> kbuf Buffer KBuffer (mM) vol[3] }

BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE state METHOD sparse
}

INITIAL {
	na[0]=nai
	na[1]=nao
	na[2]=setnap
	k[0]=ki
	k[1]=ko
	k[2]=setkp
	ca[0]=cai
	ca[1]=cao
	ca[2]=setcap
	cl[0]=cli
	cl[1]=clo
	cl[2]=setclp
	
	:Potassium buffer
	Kd = k2buf(k[1])/k1buf
        kbuf = 0
	B0 = TotalBuffer/(1+Kd*k[1])
	Buffer = B0
	KBuffer = TotalBuffer - B0
	
	vol[0]=setvolin
	vol[1]=setvolout
	vol[2]=setvolpyram

	volin=vol[0]
	volout=vol[1]
	volpyram=vol[2]

	nap=na[2]
	kp=k[2]
	cap=ca[2]
	clp=cl[2]
}

KINETIC state {

	COMPARTMENT i, vol[i]*diam*diam*PI/4 { na k ca cl }

	LONGITUDINAL_DIFFUSION i, Difna*diam*diam*PI*vol[i]/4 { na }
	LONGITUDINAL_DIFFUSION i, Difk*diam*diam*PI*vol[i]/4  { k  }
	LONGITUDINAL_DIFFUSION i, Difca*diam*diam*PI*vol[i]/4 { ca }
	LONGITUDINAL_DIFFUSION i, Difcl*diam*diam*PI*vol[i]/4 { cl }

	:INTRACELLULAR INTERNEURON
	naflux[0] = -(ina*diam)*PI*(1e4)/FARADAY
        kflux[0]  = -(ik*diam)*PI*(1e4)/FARADAY
	caflux[0] = -(ica*diam)*PI*(1e4)/(FARADAY*2)
	clflux[0] = -(icl*diam)*PI*(1e4)/(FARADAY*-1)
	
	:COMMON EXTRACELLULAR SPACE	
	naflux[1] = (ina*diam+inap*diamp)*PI*(1e4)/FARADAY
        kflux[1]  = (ik*diam+ikp*diamp)*PI*(1e4)/FARADAY
	caflux[1] = (ica*diam+icap*diamp)*PI*(1e4)/(FARADAY*2)
	clflux[1] = (icl*diam+iclp*diamp)*PI*(1e4)/(FARADAY*-1)
	
	:INTRACELLULAR PYRAMIDAL
	naflux[2] = -(inap*diamp)*PI*(1e4)/FARADAY
	kflux[2]  = -(ikp*diamp)*PI*(1e4)/FARADAY
	caflux[2] = -(icap*diamp)*PI*(1e4)/(FARADAY*2)
	clflux[2] = -(iclp*diamp)*PI*(1e4)/(FARADAY*-1)
	
	:RADIAL DIFFUSION (TO THE BATH)
	dif[1]    = (Difna*geom(diam)*(nab-na[1])/s)*(setvolout*diam*diam*PI/4)
	dif[2]    = (Difk*geom(diam)*(kb-k[1]-kbuf)/s)*(setvolout*diam*diam*PI/4)
	dif[3]    = (Difcl*geom(diam)*(clb-cl[1])/s)*(setvolout*diam*diam*PI/4)

	~  na[0] << (naflux[0])
        ~  k[0]  << (kflux[0])
	~  ca[0] << (caflux[0])
	~  cl[0] << (clflux[0])
	~  na[1] << (naflux[1]+dif[1])
	~  k[1]  << (kflux[1]+dif[2])
	~  kbuf  << (-k2buf(k[1]+kbuf)*(k[1]+kbuf)*Buffer+k1buf*KBuffer)
  	~  Buffer << (-k2buf(k[1]+kbuf)*(k[1]+kbuf)*Buffer+k1buf*KBuffer)
  	~  KBuffer << (k2buf(k[1]+kbuf)*(k[1]+kbuf)*Buffer-k1buf*KBuffer)
	~  ca[1] << (caflux[1])
	~  cl[1] << (clflux[1]+dif[3])
	~  na[2] << (naflux[2])
	~  k[2]  << (kflux[2])
	~  ca[2] << (caflux[2])
	~  cl[2] << (clflux[2])

	volin=vol[0]
	volout=vol[1]
	volpyram=vol[2]

	nai=na[0] nao=na[1] nap=na[2]
	 ki=k[0]   ko=k[1]+kbuf   kp=k[2]
	cai=ca[0] cao=ca[1] cap=ca[2]
	cli=cl[0] clo=cl[1] clp=cl[2]
}

FUNCTION k2buf(x(mM)) {
	TABLE FROM -150 TO 150 WITH 200
	k2buf = k1buf/(1+exp((x-x0)/(-1.09)))
}

FUNCTION dr(x(um)) {
	TABLE FROM 0 TO 15 WITH 10
	dr = x*(sqrt(setvolout+1)-1)/2
}

FUNCTION geom(x(um)) {
	TABLE FROM 0 TO 15 WITH 10
	geom = PI*(x+2*dr(x))/(dr(x/2)*setvolout*x*x*PI/4)
}