Dentate gyrus granule cell: subthreshold signal processing (Schmidt-Hieber et al. 2007)

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Detailed compartmental cable models of 8 hippocampal granule cells of adult mice were obtained from dual patch-clamp whole-cell recordings and subsequent 3D reconstructions. This code allows to reproduce figures 6-8 from the paper.
Reference:
1 . Schmidt-Hieber C, Jonas P, Bischofberger J (2007) Subthreshold dendritic signal processing and coincidence detection in dentate gyrus granule cells. J Neurosci 27:8430-41 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Dentate gyrus granule GLU cell;
Channel(s):
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): AMPA; Glutamate;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s): Glutamate;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Parameter Fitting; Influence of Dendritic Geometry; Synaptic Integration;
Implementer(s): Schmidt-Hieber, Christoph [c.schmidt-hieber at ucl.ac.uk];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Dentate gyrus granule GLU cell; AMPA; Glutamate; Glutamate;
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// config.hoc
// Configuration settings
//
// 2007-06-28, Christoph Schmidt-Hieber, University of Freiburg
//
// accompanies the publication:
// Schmidt-Hieber C, Jonas P, Bischofberger J (2007)
// Subthreshold Dendritic Signal Processing and Coincidence Detection 
// in Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells. J Neurosci 27:8430-8441
//
// send bug reports and suggestions to christoph.schmidt-hieber@uni-freiburg.de
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

verbose    =  1     // 0: no output
                    // 1: print essential information during simulations (default)

debug_mode =  0     // 0: no debug information (default)
                    // 1: show debug information

accuracy   =  0     // 0: compromise between accuracy and simulation speed (default)
                    // 1: Obsessively high level of accuracy 
                    //    Note that some simulations may take hours to run
                    //    with this setting.

celsius    = 24     // This is to roughly account for the effects of temperature on
q10_g_pas  =  1.98  // simulations. Passive membrane parameters (Ra, cm, g_pas) 
q10_Ra     =  0.80  // have no built-in temperature dependence. Instead, they
q10_cm     =  0.96  // will be scaled when calling membrane.hoc using Q10 values
                    // according to:
                    // Trevelyan AJ, Jack JJB (2002), J Physiol 539:623-636
                    // Note that these Q10 values have been obtained for LII/III
                    // pyramidal cells, not for granule cells.
                    // defaults:
                    // celsius    = 24    (our recording temperature)
                    // q10_g_pas  =  1.98 
                    // q10_Ra     =  0.80 
                    // q10_cm     =  0.96