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 I-h channel from Magee 1998 for distal dendrites

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

}

PARAMETER {
	v 		(mV)
        ehd  		(mV)        
	celsius 	(degC)
	ghdbar=.0001 	(mho/cm2)
        vhalfl=-73   	(mV)
	kl=-8
        vhalft=-75   	(mV)
        a0t=0.011      	(/ms)
        zetat=2.2    	(1)
        gmt=.4   	(1)
	q10=4.5
	qtl=1
}


NEURON {
	SUFFIX hd
	NONSPECIFIC_CURRENT i
        RANGE ghdbar, vhalfl
        GLOBAL linf,taul
}

STATE {
        l
}

ASSIGNED {
	i (mA/cm2)
        linf      
        taul
        ghd
}

INITIAL {
	rate(v)
	l=linf
}


BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
	ghd = ghdbar*l
	i = ghd*(v-ehd)

}


FUNCTION alpt(v(mV)) {
  alpt = exp(0.0378*zetat*(v-vhalft)) 
}

FUNCTION bett(v(mV)) {
  bett = exp(0.0378*zetat*gmt*(v-vhalft)) 
}

DERIVATIVE states {     : exact when v held constant; integrates over dt step
        rate(v)
        l' =  (linf - l)/taul
}

PROCEDURE rate(v (mV)) { :callable from hoc
        LOCAL a,qt
        qt=q10^((celsius-33)/10)
        a = alpt(v)
        linf = 1/(1 + exp(-(v-vhalfl)/kl))
:       linf = 1/(1+ alpl(v))
        taul = bett(v)/(qtl*qt*a0t*(1+a))
}