CA3 pyramidal neuron: firing properties (Hemond et al. 2008)

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Accession:101629
In the paper, this model was used to identify how relative differences in K+ conductances, specifically KC, KM, & KD, between cells contribute to the different characteristics of the three types of firing patterns observed experimentally.
Reference:
1 . Hemond P, Epstein D, Boley A, Migliore M, Ascoli GA, Jaffe DB (2008) Distinct classes of pyramidal cells exhibit mutually exclusive firing patterns in hippocampal area CA3b. Hippocampus 18:411-24 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Dendrite;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA3 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I M; I h; I K,Ca; I CAN; I Calcium; I Potassium;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Bursting; Active Dendrites; Detailed Neuronal Models; Action Potentials;
Implementer(s): Migliore, Michele [Michele.Migliore at Yale.edu];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Hippocampus CA3 pyramidal GLU cell; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I M; I h; I K,Ca; I CAN; I Calcium; I Potassium;
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TITLE CaGk
: Calcium activated K channel.
: Modified from Moczydlowski and Latorre (1983) J. Gen. Physiol. 82

UNITS {
	(molar) = (1/liter)
}

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


NEURON {
	SUFFIX cagk
	USEION ca READ cai
	USEION k READ ek WRITE ik
	RANGE gbar,gkca,ik
	GLOBAL oinf, tau
}

UNITS {
	FARADAY = (faraday)  (kilocoulombs)
	R = 8.313424 (joule/degC)
}

PARAMETER {
	celsius		(degC)
	v		(mV)
	gbar=.01	(mho/cm2)	: Maximum Permeability
	cai 		(mM)
	ek		(mV)

	d1 = .84
	d2 = 1.
	k1 = .48e-3	(mM)
	k2 = .13e-6	(mM)
	abar = .28	(/ms)
	bbar = .48	(/ms)
        st=1            (1)
}

ASSIGNED {
	ik		(mA/cm2)
	oinf
	tau		(ms)
        gkca          (mho/cm2)
}

INITIAL {
        rate(v,cai)
        o=oinf
}

STATE {	o }		: fraction of open channels

BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE state METHOD cnexp
	gkca = gbar*o^st
	ik = gkca*(v - ek)
}

DERIVATIVE state {	: exact when v held constant; integrates over dt step
	rate(v, cai)
	o' = (oinf - o)/tau
}

FUNCTION alp(v (mV), c (mM)) (1/ms) { :callable from hoc
	alp = c*abar/(c + exp1(k1,d1,v))
}

FUNCTION bet(v (mV), c (mM)) (1/ms) { :callable from hoc
	bet = bbar/(1 + c/exp1(k2,d2,v))
}

FUNCTION exp1(k (mM), d, v (mV)) (mM) { :callable from hoc
	exp1 = k*exp(-2*d*FARADAY*v/R/(273.15 + celsius))
}

PROCEDURE rate(v (mV), c (mM)) { :callable from hoc
	LOCAL a
	a = alp(v,c)
	tau = 1/(a + bet(v, c))
	oinf = a*tau
}