CA1 pyramidal neuron: functional significance of axonal Kv7 channels (Shah et al. 2008)

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The model used in this paper confirmed the experimental findings suggesting that axonal Kv7 channels are critically and uniquely required for determining the inherent spontaneous firing of hippocampal CA1 pyramids, independently of alterations in synaptic activity. The model predicts that the axonal Kv7 density could be 3-5 times that at the soma.
Reference:
1 . Shah MM, Migliore M, Valencia I, Cooper EC, Brown DA (2008) Functional significance of axonal Kv7 channels in hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:7869-74 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell; Axon; Channel/Receptor;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I M; I Calcium;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Action Potential Initiation; Detailed Neuronal Models; Axonal Action Potentials; Action Potentials;
Implementer(s): Migliore, Michele [Michele.Migliore at Yale.edu];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell; I Na,t; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I M; I Calcium;
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TITLE na3
: Na current 
: modified from Jeff Magee. M.Migliore may97
: added sh to account for higher threshold M.Migliore, Apr.2002

NEURON {
	SUFFIX na3
	USEION na READ ena WRITE ina
	RANGE  gbar, ar, sh
	GLOBAL minf, hinf, mtau, htau, sinf, taus,qinf, thinf
}

PARAMETER {
	sh   = 0	(mV)
	gbar = 0.010   	(mho/cm2)	
								
	tha  =  -30	(mV)		: v 1/2 for act	
	qa   = 7.2	(mV)		: act slope (4.5)		
	Ra   = 0.4	(/ms)		: open (v)		
	Rb   = 0.124 	(/ms)		: close (v)		

	thi1  = -45	(mV)		: v 1/2 for inact 	
	thi2  = -45 	(mV)		: v 1/2 for inact 	
	qd   = 1.5	(mV)	        : inact tau slope
	qg   = 1.5      (mV)
	mmin=0.02	
	hmin=0.5			
	q10=2
	Rg   = 0.01 	(/ms)		: inact recov (v) 	
	Rd   = .03 	(/ms)		: inact (v)	
	qq   = 10        (mV)
	tq   = -55      (mV)

	thinf  = -50 	(mV)		: inact inf slope	
	qinf  = 4 	(mV)		: inact inf slope 

        vhalfs=-60	(mV)		: slow inact.
        a0s=0.0003	(ms)		: a0s=b0s
        zetas=12	(1)
        gms=0.2		(1)
        smax=10		(ms)
        vvh=-58		(mV) 
        vvs=2		(mV)
        ar=1		(1)		: 1=no inact., 0=max inact.
	ena		(mV)            : must be explicitly def. in hoc
	celsius
	v 		(mV)
}


UNITS {
	(mA) = (milliamp)
	(mV) = (millivolt)
	(pS) = (picosiemens)
	(um) = (micron)
} 

ASSIGNED {
	ina 		(mA/cm2)
	thegna		(mho/cm2)
	minf 		hinf 		
	mtau (ms)	htau (ms) 	
	sinf (ms)	taus (ms)
}
 

STATE { m h s}

BREAKPOINT {
        SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
        thegna = gbar*m*m*m*h*s
	ina = thegna * (v - ena)
} 

INITIAL {
	trates(v,ar,sh)
	m=minf  
	h=hinf
	s=sinf
}


FUNCTION alpv(v(mV)) {
         alpv = 1/(1+exp((v-vvh-sh)/vvs))
}
        
FUNCTION alps(v(mV)) {  
  alps = exp(1.e-3*zetas*(v-vhalfs-sh)*9.648e4/(8.315*(273.16+celsius)))
}

FUNCTION bets(v(mV)) {
  bets = exp(1.e-3*zetas*gms*(v-vhalfs-sh)*9.648e4/(8.315*(273.16+celsius)))
}

LOCAL mexp, hexp, sexp

DERIVATIVE states {   
        trates(v,ar,sh)      
        m' = (minf-m)/mtau
        h' = (hinf-h)/htau
        s' = (sinf - s)/taus
}

PROCEDURE trates(vm,a2,sh2) {  
        LOCAL  a, b, c, qt
        qt=q10^((celsius-24)/10)
	a = trap0(vm,tha+sh2,Ra,qa)
	b = trap0(-vm,-tha-sh2,Rb,qa)
	mtau = 1/(a+b)/qt
        if (mtau<mmin) {mtau=mmin}
	minf = a/(a+b)

	a = trap0(vm,thi1+sh2,Rd,qd)
	b = trap0(-vm,-thi2-sh2,Rg,qg)
	htau =  1/(a+b)/qt
        if (htau<hmin) {htau=hmin}
	hinf = 1/(1+exp((vm-thinf-sh2)/qinf))
	c=alpv(vm)
        sinf = c+a2*(1-c)
        taus = bets(vm)/(a0s*(1+alps(vm)))
        if (taus<smax) {taus=smax}
}

FUNCTION trap0(v,th,a,q) {
	if (fabs(v-th) > 1e-6) {
	        trap0 = a * (v - th) / (1 - exp(-(v - th)/q))
	} else {
	        trap0 = a * q
 	}
}