Electrostimulation to reduce synaptic scaling driven progression of Alzheimers (Rowan et al. 2014)

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"... As cells die and synapses lose their drive, remaining cells suffer an initial decrease in activity. Neuronal homeostatic synaptic scaling then provides a feedback mechanism to restore activity. ... The scaling mechanism increases the firing rates of remaining cells in the network to compensate for decreases in network activity. However, this effect can itself become a pathology, ... Here, we present a mechanistic explanation of how directed brain stimulation might be expected to slow AD progression based on computational simulations in a 470-neuron biomimetic model of a neocortical column. ... "
Reference:
1 . Rowan MS, Neymotin SA, Lytton WW (2014) Electrostimulation to reduce synaptic scaling driven progression of Alzheimer's disease. Front Comput Neurosci 8:39 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Realistic Network;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Neocortex;
Cell Type(s): Neocortex L5/6 pyramidal GLU cell; Neocortex L2/3 pyramidal GLU cell; Neocortex V1 interneuron basket PV GABA cell; Neocortex fast spiking (FS) interneuron; Neocortex spiny stellate cell; Neocortex spiking regular (RS) neuron; Neocortex spiking low threshold (LTS) neuron;
Channel(s):
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): GabaA; AMPA; NMDA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s): Gaba; Glutamate;
Simulation Environment: NEURON; Python;
Model Concept(s): Long-term Synaptic Plasticity; Aging/Alzheimer`s; Deep brain stimulation; Homeostasis;
Implementer(s): Lytton, William [bill.lytton at downstate.edu]; Neymotin, Sam [Samuel.Neymotin at nki.rfmh.org]; Rowan, Mark [m.s.rowan at cs.bham.ac.uk];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Neocortex L5/6 pyramidal GLU cell; Neocortex L2/3 pyramidal GLU cell; Neocortex V1 interneuron basket PV GABA cell; GabaA; AMPA; NMDA; Gaba; Glutamate;
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// $Id: nqsnet.hoc,v 1.65 2010/09/07 18:56:17 samn Exp $
// xopen("nqsnet.hoc")

//      pre-id  post-id  pre#  post#   distance weight  syn-id   nc ptr  wt1 (eg AMPA+NMDA)
objref nq[2],sq[CTYPi][CTYPi],cp
obfunc mkcp0 () { localobj lo
  lo = new NQS("PRID","POID","STYP","PIJ","DIV","CONV","NSYN","NPRE")
  lo.useslist("PRID",CTYP) lo.useslist("POID",CTYP) lo.useslist("STYP",STYP)
  return lo
}

// CODE: PRID,POID,INCOL,COL1,COL2
obfunc mksp () { localobj lo
  lo=new NQS("CODE","PR","PO","DEL","WT0","WT1") // CODE==PRID(1),POID(2),COLA(3),COLB(4)
  lo.coddec("CODE")
  // lo.useslist("PRID",CTYP) lo.useslist("POID",CTYP) 
  return lo
}
sp=mksp()

//* Numbers and connectivity params

// layer return layer location with 'sublayer' defined by Inhib (+0.5) or other suffix
// E or I should be 1st letter of name, suffix letter will ideally dichotomize into late
// alphabet or early alphabet
func layer () { local x,in,la
  la=0
  if (sscanf(CTYP.o($1).s,"%c%d%c",&in,&x,&la)<2) return -1
  if (x==23) x=3 // layer 2/3
  if (in==73) x+=0.5 // ascii 73 is 'I'
  if (la>77) x+=0.2 // <='M'
  return x
}

//* routines
//** styp() sets synapse type based on presynaptic cell
func styp () { local pr,po
  pr=$1 po=$2
  if (pr==IN && po==IN) { return GA 
  } else if (pr==IN) { return IX
  } else if (pr==SU || pr==DP) { return EX
  } else if (pr==SM) { return AM
  } else if (strm(CTYP.o[pr].s,"^E")) { return EX
  } else if (strm(CTYP.o[pr].s,"^I")) { return IX
  } else printf("styp ERR %s->%s not classified",CTYP.object(pr).s,CTYP.object(po).s)
}

//** ellfld() place the cells inside an ellipse
// r for an ellipse = a*b/sqrt((a*sin(theta))^2 + (b*cos(theta))^2)
proc ellfld () { local a,b,ii,jj,p,seed localobj xv,yv,xo
  seed=239023229
  a=1 b=2
  p=allocvecs(xv,yv) vrsz(allcells*10,xv,yv)
  xv.setrnd(4,2*a,seed) yv.setrnd(4,2*b) xv.sub(a) yv.sub(b)
  jj=0
  for vtr2(&x,&y,xv,yv,&ii) {
    if (a*x^2+b*y^2<1) { ce.o(jj).xloc=x ce.o(jj).yloc=y jj+=1 }
    if (jj==ce.count) break
  }
  print ii,jj
  if (jj!=ce.count) print "Not filled"
  dealloc(p)
}