Nigral dopaminergic neurons: effects of ethanol on Ih (Migliore et al. 2008)

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We use a realistic computational model of dopaminergic neurons in vivo to suggest that ethanol, through its effects on Ih, modifies the temporal structure of the spiking activity. The model predicts that the dopamine level may increase much more during bursting than pacemaking activity, especially in those brain regions with a slow dopamine clearance rate. The results suggest that a selective pharmacological remedy could thus be devised against the rewarding effects of ethanol that are postulated to mediate alcohol abuse and addiction, targeting the specific HCN genes expressed in dopaminergic neurons.
Reference:
1 . Migliore M, Cannia C, Canavier CC (2008) A modeling study suggesting a possible pharmacological target to mitigate the effects of ethanol on reward-related dopaminergic signaling. J Neurophysiol 99:2703-7 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell; Electrogenic pump;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Substantia nigra pars compacta DA cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I A; I K; I K,leak; I h; I Calcium; Na/K pump;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): AMPA; NMDA; Glutamate; Gaba;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s): Dopamine;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Activity Patterns; Bursting; Active Dendrites; Detailed Neuronal Models; Action Potentials; Pathophysiology; Sodium pump; Alcohol Use Disorder;
Implementer(s): Migliore, Michele [Michele.Migliore at Yale.edu];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Substantia nigra pars compacta DA cell; AMPA; NMDA; Glutamate; Gaba; I Na,t; I A; I K; I K,leak; I h; I Calcium; Na/K pump; Dopamine;
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TITLE NMDA receptor as a distributed mechanism
COMMENT
Landry did not multiply the calcium current by z squared,
hence the effective permeability ratio is not 10.6 but 2.65.
(To make this file equivalent to Komendantov's nmda.mod,
(see Komendantov et al. 2004 ModelDB entry)
the 91st line here should be ica = 4*10.6*power*numerca/denom2).
Also Landry used the somatic calcium concentration
to drive the dendritic calcium component of the NMDA current, while
in Komendantov et al. 2004, a constant calcium concentration cai
is used in the dendrites instead. 
Other than there two discrepancies, the description of the current
is identical despite the different formulations.
ENDCOMMENT

UNITS {
        (pA) = (picoamp)
        (molar) = (1/liter)
	(mV) =	(millivolt)
	(mA) =	(milliamp)
	(mM) =	(millimolar)
}


INDEPENDENT {t FROM 0 TO 1 WITH 1 (ms)}

NEURON {
	SUFFIX nmda
	USEION ca WRITE ica
	USEION na  READ nai WRITE ina
	USEION k  WRITE ik
	RANGE  ica,ina,ik,inmda,Pbar,mg,km,nai,pr
        GLOBAL pinf
        POINTER caisoma  : will take calcium concentration from the soma
        POINTER nmdasyn  : will transfer "random synaptic dynamics" from a data file
}

UNITS {
	:FARADAY = 96520 (coul)
	:R = 8.3134 (joule/degC)
	FARADAY = (faraday) (coulomb)
	R = (k-mole) (joule/degC)
}

PARAMETER {
        v (mV)
	celsius= 35  	(degC)
	Pbar = 0.23e-6	(cm/s)	: Maximum Permeability PNMDA in Laundry
	cao = 2.0		(mM)
	lamdaca = 0.3 
        lamda = 0.75
        pr = 0.0225
	nao = 145	(mM)
	ki =  140	(mM)
	ko = 2.5	(mM)
        dt (ms)
        q=9 (mV)
        km=50.7 (mM)
        mg = 1.2 (mM)
}

STATE {
         p <1e-4>
}

ASSIGNED { 
	   nai          (mM)
           ica		(mA/cm2)
           ina		(mA/cm2)
           ik		(mA/cm2)
           inmda 	(mA/cm2)
           pinf
           caisoma      (mM)
           nmdasyn      (1)
}

LOCAL arg, power, numerna, numerk, numerca, denom, denom2

BREAKPOINT {
     SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
	pinf = pr + (1.0 - pr)/(1 + (mg/km)*exp(-v/q))
        arg = v*FARADAY /((1000)*R*(celsius+273.15))
	power =  nmdasyn*Pbar*(0.000001)*v*p*FARADAY*FARADAY/(R*(celsius+273.15))
	numerna = lamda*nai - lamda*nao*exp(-arg)
	numerk = lamda*ki - lamda*ko*exp(-arg)
	numerca = caisoma - lamdaca*cao*exp(-2*arg)
	denom = 1 - exp(-arg)
	denom2 = 1 - exp(-2*arg)
	
        ina = power*numerna/denom
	ik = power*numerk/denom
	ica = 10.6*power*numerca/denom2
	inmda = ina + ik + ica


}
UNITSOFF
DERIVATIVE states {
	pinf = pr + (1.0 - pr)/(1 + (mg/km)*exp(-v/q))
	p' = pinf - p 
	}
UNITSON