Discharge hysteresis in motoneurons (Powers & Heckman 2015)

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"Motoneuron activity is strongly influenced by the activation of persistent inward currents (PICs) mediated by voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels. ... It has recently been suggested that a number of factors other than PIC can contribute to delta F (firing rate differences between motoneurons) values, including mechanisms underlying spike frequency adaptation and spike threshold accommodation. In the present study, we used a set of compartmental models representing a sample of 20 motoneurons with a range of thresholds to investigate how several different intrinsic motoneuron properties can potentially contribute to variations in F values. ... Our results indicate that, although other factors can contribute, variations in discharge hysteresis and delta F values primarily reflect the contribution of dendritic PICs to motoneuron activation.
Reference:
1 . Powers RK, Heckman CJ (2015) Contribution of intrinsic motoneuron properties to discharge hysteresis and its estimation based on paired motor unit recordings: a simulation study. J Neurophysiol 114:184-98 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Spinal cord lumbar motor neuron alpha ACh cell;
Channel(s): I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I K; I M; I K,Ca; I_AHP; I Calcium; I Sodium;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s):
Gene(s): Kv1.2 KCNA2; Kv1.9 Kv7.1 KCNQ1;
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Spike Frequency Adaptation;
Implementer(s): Powers, Randy [rkpowers at u.washington.edu];
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Discharge_hysteresis
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TITLE Motoneuron L-type Calcium channels
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: The parameters for this current come from V. Booth et al. J Neurophysiol 78:3371-3385, 1997
: Iterative equations
: Modified by RP to provide calcium to a separate pool (caL)and to have adjustable equilibrium
: potential vca


NEURON {
	SUFFIX L_Ca
	USEION caL READ ecaL WRITE icaL VALENCE 2
	RANGE gcabar,icaL,m_inf,m
	GLOBAL vca,theta_m,kappa_m
}


UNITS {
	(mA) = (milliamp)
	(mV) = (millivolt)
}

PARAMETER {
	gcabar  = 0.0003  (mho/cm2)
	ecaL		(mV)	: eca can't be set here, only in hoc
:	celcius = 36	(degC)
	dt		(ms)
	tau_m	= 20	(ms)
	v		(mV)
        vca=80		(mV)
	theta_m = -30   (mV)
	kappa_m = -6	(-mV)
}

STATE {
	m
}

ASSIGNED {
	icaL		(mA/cm2)
	m_inf
	tadj
}

BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
	icaL = gcabar * m * (v - vca)  :I have tried this as m*m also
}

DERIVATIVE states {
	evaluate_fct(v)
	m' = (m_inf - m) / tau_m
}

UNITSOFF
INITIAL {

:
:  Q10 was assumed to be 3 for both currents
:
:	tadj = 3.0 ^ ((celsius-36)/ 10 )

	evaluate_fct(v)
	m = m_inf
}

PROCEDURE evaluate_fct(v(mV)) {

	m_inf = 1 / (1 + (Exp((v - theta_m)/ kappa_m))): / tadj

}

FUNCTION vtrap(x,y) {
	if (fabs(x/y) < 1e-6) {
		vtrap = y*(1 - x/y/2)
	}else{
		vtrap = x/(Exp(x/y)-1)
	}
}

FUNCTION Exp(x) {
	if (x < -100) {
		Exp = 0
	}else{
		Exp = exp(x)
	}
}