NMDA subunit effects on Calcium and STDP (Evans et al. 2012)

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Accession:145917
Effect of NMDA subunit on spike timing dependent plasticity.
Reference:
1 . Evans RC, Morera-Herreras T, Cui Y, Du K, Sheehan T, Kotaleski JH, Venance L, Blackwell KT (2012) The effects of NMDA subunit composition on calcium influx and spike timing-dependent plasticity in striatal medium spiny neurons. PLoS Comput Biol 8:e1002493 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Neostriatum medium spiny direct pathway GABA cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I h; I K,Ca; I Calcium; I A, slow;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): GabaA; Glutamate;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: GENESIS;
Model Concept(s): STDP; Calcium dynamics;
Implementer(s): Blackwell, Avrama [avrama at gmu.edu]; Evans, Rebekah [Rebekah.Evans at nih.gov];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Neostriatum medium spiny direct pathway GABA cell; GabaA; Glutamate; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I h; I K,Ca; I Calcium; I A, slow; 
//genesis
//if2.g

reset

int i = 0
float inj =  280e-12     

float inject, delay, current_duration, total_duration
float start_current = 0
delay= 0.05
current_duration=0.4
total_duration=delay*2+current_duration
reset
for (i=0; i<1; i=i+1)
		        
    echo {inj} = "I inject"
	setfield {neuronname}/soma inject {start_current}
	step {delay} -time
	setfield {neuronname}/soma inject {inj}
	step {current_duration}  -time
	setfield {neuronname}/soma inject {start_current}
	step {{delay}+0.4} -time
	
	inj= {inj}+20.0e-12
end