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];
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// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// convert.hoc
// writes pt3d coordinates to a text file
// 
// 2007-07-04, C. 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
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

proc WriteMorphoFile() {local i,j localobj f
	wopen($s1)
	fprint("S %d A %d\n",n_sections,n_axon)
	for j=0,n_sections-1 section[j] {		
		for i=0,n3d()-1 {
			fprint("S \t%d\t%.8f\t%.8f\t%.8f\t%.8f\n",j,x3d(i),y3d(i),z3d(i),diam3d(i))
		}
	}
	for j=0,n_axon-1 axon[j] {
		for i=0,n3d()-1 {
			fprint("A \t%d\t%.8f\t%.8f\t%.8f\t%.8f\n",j,x3d(i),y3d(i),z3d(i),diam3d(i))
		}
	}
	wopen()
}