State and location dependence of action potential metabolic cost (Hallermann et al., 2012)

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With this model of a layer 5 pyramidal neuron the state and location dependence of the ATP usage and the metabolic efficiency of action potentials can be analyzed. Model parameters were constrained by direct subcellular recordings at dendritic, somatic and axonal compartments.
Reference:
1 . Hallermann S, de Kock CP, Stuart GJ, Kole MH (2012) State and location dependence of action potential metabolic cost in cortical pyramidal neurons. Nat Neurosci 15:1007-14 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Neocortex;
Cell Type(s): Neocortex L5/6 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I K;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Action Potential Initiation; Action Potentials;
Implementer(s): Hallermann, Stefan [hallermann at medizin.uni-leipzig.de]; Kole, Maarten [m.kole at nin.knaw.nl];
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ca.mod
Uses fixed eca instead of GHK eqn

HVA Ca current
Based on Reuveni, Friedman, Amitai and Gutnick (1993) J. Neurosci. 13:
4609-4621.

Author: Zach Mainen, Salk Institute, 1994, zach@salk.edu

ENDCOMMENT

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

NEURON {
	SUFFIX ca
	USEION ca READ eca WRITE ica
	RANGE m, h, gcaH, icaH, gbar
	RANGE minf, hinf, mtau, htau
	GLOBAL q10, temp, tadj, vmin, vmax, vshift
}

PARAMETER {
	gbar = 0.1   	(pS/um2)	: 0.12 mho/cm2
	vshift = 0	(mV)		: voltage shift (affects all)

	cao  = 2.0	(mM)	        : external ca concentration
	cai		(mM)
						
	temp = 23	(degC)		: original temp 
	q10  = 2.3			: temperature sensitivity

	v 		(mV)
	dt		(ms)
	celsius		(degC)
	vmin = -120	(mV)
	vmax = 100	(mV)
}


UNITS {
	(mA) = (milliamp)
	(mV) = (millivolt)
	(pS) = (picosiemens)
	(um) = (micron)
	FARADAY = (faraday) (coulomb)
	R = (k-mole) (joule/degC)
	PI	= (pi) (1)
} 

ASSIGNED {
	ica 		(mA/cm2)
	icaH 		(mA/cm2)
	gcaH		(pS/um2)
	eca		(mV)
	minf 		hinf
	mtau (ms)	htau (ms)
	tadj
}
 

STATE { m h }

INITIAL { 
	trates(v+vshift)
	m = minf
	h = hinf
}

BREAKPOINT {
        SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
        gcaH = gbar*m*m*h
	icaH = (1e-4) * gcaH * (v - eca)
	ica = icaH
} 

LOCAL mexp, hexp

:PROCEDURE states() {
:        trates(v+vshift)      
:        m = m + mexp*(minf-m)
:        h = h + hexp*(hinf-h)
:	VERBATIM
:	return 0;
:	ENDVERBATIM
:}

DERIVATIVE states {
        trates(v+vshift)      
        m' =  (minf-m)/mtau
        h' =  (hinf-h)/htau
}

PROCEDURE trates(v) {  
                      
        
        TABLE minf, hinf, mtau, htau 
	DEPEND  celsius, temp
	
	FROM vmin TO vmax WITH 199

	rates(v): not consistently executed from here if usetable == 1

:        tinc = -dt * tadj

:        mexp = 1 - exp(tinc/mtau)
:        hexp = 1 - exp(tinc/htau)
}


PROCEDURE rates(vm) {  
        LOCAL  a, b

        tadj = q10^((celsius - temp)/10)

	a = 0.055*(-27 - vm)/(exp((-27-vm)/3.8) - 1)
	b = 0.94*exp((-75-vm)/17)
	
	mtau = 1/tadj/(a+b)
	minf = a/(a+b)

		:"h" inactivation 

	a = 0.000457*exp((-13-vm)/50)
	b = 0.0065/(exp((-vm-15)/28) + 1)

	htau = 1/tadj/(a+b)
	hinf = a/(a+b)
}

FUNCTION efun(z) {
	if (fabs(z) < 1e-4) {
		efun = 1 - z/2
	}else{
		efun = z/(exp(z) - 1)
	}
}