Intracortical synaptic potential modulation by presynaptic somatic potential (Shu et al. 2006, 2007)

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" ... Here we show that the voltage fluctuations associated with dendrosomatic synaptic activity propagate significant distances along the axon, and that modest changes in the somatic membrane potential of the presynaptic neuron modulate the amplitude and duration of axonal action potentials and, through a Ca21- dependent mechanism, the average amplitude of the postsynaptic potential evoked by these spikes. These results indicate that synaptic activity in the dendrite and soma controls not only the pattern of action potentials generated, but also the amplitude of the synaptic potentials that these action potentials initiate in local cortical circuits, resulting in synaptic transmission that is a mixture of triggered and graded (analogue) signals."
Reference:
1 . Shu Y, Duque A, Yu Y, Haider B, McCormick DA (2007) Properties of action-potential initiation in neocortical pyramidal cells: evidence from whole cell axon recordings. J Neurophysiol 97:746-60 [PubMed]
2 . Shu Y, Hasenstaub A, Duque A, Yu Y, McCormick DA (2006) Modulation of intracortical synaptic potentials by presynaptic somatic membrane potential. Nature 441:761-5 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell; Axon;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Neocortex L5/6 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I L high threshold; I A; I K; I M; I h; I K,Ca; I_AHP; I_KD;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): GabaA; AMPA; NMDA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Action Potential Initiation; Detailed Neuronal Models; Action Potentials; Synaptic Integration;
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TITLE detailed model of glutamate NMDA receptors

COMMENT
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	Kinetic model of NMDA receptors
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	5-state gating model:
	Clements & Westbrook 1991. Neuron 7: 605.
	Lester & Jahr 1992. J Neurosci 12: 635.
	Edmonds & Colquhoun 1992. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 250: 279.
	Hessler, Shirke & Malinow. 1993. Nature 366: 569.
	Clements et al. 1992. Science 258: 1498.
  
	C -- C1 -- C2 -- O
	           |
      	           D

	Voltage dependence of Mg2+ block:
	Jahr & Stevens 1990. J Neurosci 10: 1830.
	Jahr & Stevens 1990. J Neurosci 10: 3178.

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  Based on voltage-clamp recordings of NMDA receptor-mediated currents in rat
  hippocampal slices (Hessler et al., Nature 366: 569-572, 1993), this model 
  was fit directly to experimental recordings in order to obtain the optimal
  values for the parameters (see Destexhe, Mainen and Sejnowski, 1996).

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  This mod file does not include mechanisms for the release and time course
  of transmitter; it is to be used in conjunction with a sepearate mechanism
  to describe the release of transmitter and that provides the concentration
  of transmitter in the synaptic cleft (to be connected to pointer C here).

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  See details in:

  Destexhe, A., Mainen, Z.F. and Sejnowski, T.J.  Kinetic models of 
  synaptic transmission.  In: Methods in Neuronal Modeling (2nd edition; 
  edited by Koch, C. and Segev, I.), MIT press, Cambridge, 1998, pp 1-25.

  (electronic copy available at http://cns.iaf.cnrs-gif.fr)


  Written by Alain Destexhe and Zach Mainen, 1995

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ENDCOMMENT

INDEPENDENT {t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 1 (ms)}

NEURON {
	POINT_PROCESS NMDA5
	POINTER C
	RANGE C0, C1, C2, D, O, B
	RANGE g, gmax, rb
	GLOBAL Erev, mg, Rb, Ru, Rd, Rr, Ro, Rc
	GLOBAL vmin, vmax
	NONSPECIFIC_CURRENT i
}

UNITS {
	(nA) = (nanoamp)
	(mV) = (millivolt)
	(pS) = (picosiemens)
	(umho) = (micromho)
	(mM) = (milli/liter)
	(uM) = (micro/liter)
}

PARAMETER {

	Erev	= 0    (mV)	: reversal potential
	gmax	= 500  (pS)	: maximal conductance
	mg	= 0    (mM)	: external magnesium concentration
	vmin = -120	(mV)
	vmax = 100	(mV)
	
: Rates

	: Destexhe, Mainen & Sejnowski, 1996
	Rb	= 5e-3    (/uM /ms)	: binding 		
	Ru	= 12.9e-3  (/ms)	: unbinding		
	Rd	= 8.4e-3   (/ms)	: desensitization
	Rr	= 6.8e-3   (/ms)	: resensitization 
	Ro	= 46.5e-3   (/ms)	: opening
	Rc	= 73.8e-3   (/ms)	: closing
}

COMMENT
	: Clements et al. 1992
	Rb	= 5e-3    (/uM /ms)	: binding 		
	Ru	= 9.5e-3  (/ms)	: unbinding		
	Rd	= 16e-3   (/ms)	: desensitization
	Rr	= 13e-3   (/ms)	: resensitization 
	Ro	= 25e-3   (/ms)	: opening
	Rc	= 59e-3   (/ms)	: closing

	: Hessler Shirke & Malinow 1993
	Rb	= 5e-3    (/uM /ms)	: binding 		
	Ru	= 9.5e-3  (/ms)	: unbinding		
	Rd	= 16e-3   (/ms)	: desensitization
	Rr	= 13e-3   (/ms)	: resensitization 
	Ro	= 25e-3   (/ms)	: opening
	Rc	= 59e-3   (/ms)	: closing

	: Clements & Westbrook 1991
	Rb	=  5    (uM /s)	: binding 		
	Ru	=  5	(/s)	: unbinding -> gives Kd = Rb/Ru = 1 uM
	Rd	=  4.0  (/s)	: desensitization
	Rr	=  0.3  (/s)	: resensitization 
	Ro	= 10  (/s)	: opening
	Rc	= 322   (/s)	: closing

	: Edmonds & Colquhoun 1992
	Rb	=  5    (uM /s)	: binding 		
	Ru	=  4.7  (/s)	: unbinding		
	Rd	=  8.4  (/s)	: desensitization
	Rr	=  1.8  (/s)	: resensitization 
	Ro	= 46.5  (/s)	: opening
	Rc	= 91.6  (/s)	: closing

	: Lester & Jahr 1992
	Rb	= 5    (uM /s)	: binding 		
	Ru	= 6.7   (/s)	: unbinding		
	Rd	= 15.2  (/s)	: desensitization
	Rr	= 9.4   (/s)	: resensitization 
	Ro	= 83.8  (/s)	: opening
	Rc	= 83.8  (/s)	: closing

ENDCOMMENT


ASSIGNED {
	v		(mV)		: postsynaptic voltage
	i 		(nA)		: current = g*(v - Erev)
	g 		(pS)		: conductance
	C 		(mM)		: pointer to glutamate concentration

	rb		(/ms)    : binding
}

STATE {
	: Channel states (all fractions)
	C0		: unbound
	C1		: single bound
	C2		: double bound
	D		: desensitized
	O		: open

	B		: fraction free of Mg2+ block
}

INITIAL {
	rates(v)
	C0 = 1
}

BREAKPOINT {
	rates(v)
	SOLVE kstates METHOD sparse

	g = gmax * O * B
	i = (1e-6) * g * (v - Erev)
}

KINETIC kstates {
	
	rb = Rb * (1e3) * C 

	~ C0 <-> C1	(rb,Ru)
	~ C1 <-> C2	(rb,Ru)
	~ C2 <-> D	(Rd,Rr)
	~ C2 <-> O	(Ro,Rc)

	CONSERVE C0+C1+C2+D+O = 1
}

PROCEDURE rates(v(mV)) {
	TABLE B
	DEPEND mg
	FROM vmin TO vmax WITH 200

	: from Jahr & Stevens

	B = 1 / (1 + exp(0.062 (/mV) * -v) * (mg / 3.57 (mM)))
}