Afferent Integration in the NAcb MSP Cell (Wolf et al. 2005)

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"We describe a computational model of the principal cell in the nucleus accumbens (NAcb), the medium spiny projection (MSP) neuron. The model neuron, constructed in NEURON, includes all of the known ionic currents in these cells and receives synaptic input from simulated spike trains via NMDA, AMPA, and GABAA receptors. ... results suggest that afferent information integration by the NAcb MSP cell may be compromised by pathology in which the NMDA current is altered or modulated, as has been proposed in both schizophrenia and addiction."
Reference:
1 . Wolf JA, Moyer JT, Lazarewicz MT, Contreras D, Benoit-Marand M, O'Donnell P, Finkel LH (2005) NMDA/AMPA ratio impacts state transitions and entrainment to oscillations in a computational model of the nucleus accumbens medium spiny projection neuron. J Neurosci 25:9080-95 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Nucleus accumbens spiny projection neuron;
Channel(s): I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I N; I T low threshold; I A; I h; I K,Ca; I Krp; I R; I Q;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): GabaA; AMPA; NMDA;
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Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Oscillations; Schizophrenia; Addiction;
Implementer(s): Wolf, John A. [johnwolf at warpmail.net]; Moyer, Jason [jtmoyer at seas.upenn.edu];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  GabaA; AMPA; NMDA; I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I N; I T low threshold; I A; I h; I K,Ca; I Krp; I R; I Q;
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TITLE Potassium A-type current for nucleus accumbens (Kv1.2)

COMMENT
Jason Moyer 2004 - jtmoyer@seas.upenn.edu

Shen W, Hernandez-Lopez S, Tkatch T, Held JE, Surmeier DJ (2004).
Kv1.2-containing k+ channels regulate subthreshold excitability of
striatal medium spiny neurons. J Neurophys 91: 1337-1349.

Some of the parameters were published incorrectly in the original paper - these
are detailed below

ENDCOMMENT

UNITS {
        (mA) = (milliamp)
        (mV) = (millivolt)
        (S)  = (siemens)
}
 
NEURON {
        SUFFIX kas
        USEION k READ ek WRITE ik
        RANGE  gkbar, ik
}
 
PARAMETER {
    gkbar   =   0.01 (mho/cm2)	: 0.01 soma&prox; 0.00091483 mid&dist

	qfact = 9				: qfact = 3 after equations were set but before 
							:	temp correction for fig 6E; QF = 9 is 35 degC

	vmh = -27.0	(mV)		: Shen 2004
	vmc = -16	(mV)		: Shen 2004	
	
	vhh = -33.5	(mV)		: Shen 2004 
	vhc = 21.5	(mV)		: Shen 2004
	
	taum0 = 3.4	(ms)		: Shen 2004
	Cm = 89.2	(ms)		: Shen 2004
	vthm = -34.3	(mV)	: Shen 2004
	vtcm = 30.1	(mV)		: Shen 2004
	
	alpha = 1				: correspondence with josh held
	vth1 = -0.96	(mV)	: Shen 2004
	vtc1 = 29.01	(mV)	: Shen 2004
	
	beta = 1				: josh held
	vth2 = -0.96	(mV)	: Shen 2004
	vtc2 = 100 	(mV)		: Shen 2004
	
	Ch = 9876.6	(ms)		: 548.7 * 18, set to match tauh = 2 s with div by qfact = 3
	a = 0.996				: josh held
	hshift = 0		(mV)
	htaushift = -90	(mV)	: to correct kinetics
}
 
STATE { m h }
 
ASSIGNED {
		ek				(mV)
        v 				(mV)
        ik 				(mA/cm2)
        gk				(S/cm2)
        minf
	hinf
        mtau		(ms)
        htau		(ms)
   }
  
INITIAL {
	settables(v)
	m = minf
	h = hinf

}

BREAKPOINT {
        SOLVE state METHOD cnexp
        gk = gkbar * m * m * (a*h + (1-a)) 
        ik = gk * ( v - ek )
}

DERIVATIVE state { 
        settables(v)
	mtau = mtau / qfact
	htau = htau / qfact
        m' = (minf - m)/mtau
        h' = (hinf - h)/htau
}

PROCEDURE settables( v (mV) ) {
	LOCAL left, right

	TABLE minf, hinf, mtau, htau DEPEND hshift, Ch
		FROM -200 TO 200 WITH 201
		
	  	minf = 1 / (1+(exp( (v - vmh) / vmc )))
  		hinf = 1 / (1+(exp( (v - vhh - hshift) / vhc )))
  		
 		mtau = taum0  +  Cm * exp( - ((v-vthm)/vtcm)^2 )

		left = alpha * exp( -(v-vth1-htaushift)/vtc1 )	: originally exp((v-vth1)/vtc1)
		right = beta * exp( (v-vth2-htaushift)/vtc2 )	: originally exp(-(v-vth2)/vtc2)
		htau = Ch  /  ( left + right )
}