Biophysically realistic neural modeling of the MEG mu rhythm (Jones et al. 2009)

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"Variations in cortical oscillations in the alpha (7–14 Hz) and beta (15–29 Hz) range have been correlated with attention, working memory, and stimulus detection. The mu rhythm recorded with magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a prominent oscillation generated by Rolandic cortex containing alpha and beta bands. Despite its prominence, the neural mechanisms regulating mu are unknown. We characterized the ongoing MEG mu rhythm from a localized source in the finger representation of primary somatosensory (SI) cortex. Subjects showed variation in the relative expression of mu-alpha or mu-beta, which were nonoverlapping for roughly 50% of their respective durations on single trials. To delineate the origins of this rhythm, a biophysically principled computational neural model of SI was developed, with distinct laminae, inhibitory and excitatory neurons, and feedforward (FF, representative of lemniscal thalamic drive) and feedback (FB, representative of higher-order cortical drive or input from nonlemniscal thalamic nuclei) inputs defined by the laminar location of their postsynaptic effects. ..."
Reference:
1 . Jones SR, Pritchett DL, Sikora MA, Stufflebeam SM, Hämäläinen M, Moore CI (2009) Quantitative analysis and biophysically realistic neural modeling of the MEG mu rhythm: rhythmogenesis and modulation of sensory-evoked responses. J Neurophysiol 102:3554-72 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Realistic Network;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Neocortex;
Cell Type(s): Neocortex L5/6 pyramidal GLU cell; Neocortex L2/3 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I T low threshold; I K; I h;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): GabaA; GabaB; AMPA; NMDA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Activity Patterns; Touch;
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COMMENT
26 Ago 2002 Modification of original channel to allow variable time step and to correct an initialization error.
    Done by Michael Hines(michael.hines@yale.e) and Ruggero Scorcioni(rscorcio@gmu.edu) at EU Advance Course in Computational Neuroscience. Obidos, Portugal

ca.mod
Uses fixed eca instead of GHK eqn

HVA Ca current
Based on Reuveni, Friedman, Amitai and Gutnick (1993) J. Neurosci. 13:
4609-4621.

Author: Zach Mainen, Salk Institute, 1994, zach@salk.edu

ENDCOMMENT

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

NEURON {
	SUFFIX ca
	USEION ca READ eca WRITE ica
	RANGE m, h, gca, gbar
	RANGE minf, hinf, mtau, htau
	GLOBAL q10, temp, tadj, vmin, vmax, vshift
}

PARAMETER {
	gbar = 0.1   	(pS/um2)	: 0.12 mho/cm2
	vshift = 0	(mV)		: voltage shift (affects all)

	cao  = 2.5	(mM)	        : external ca concentration
	cai		(mM)
						
	temp = 23	(degC)		: original temp 
	q10  = 2.3			: temperature sensitivity

	v 		(mV)
	dt		(ms)
	celsius		(degC)
	vmin = -120	(mV)
	vmax = 100	(mV)
}


UNITS {
	(mA) = (milliamp)
	(mV) = (millivolt)
	(pS) = (picosiemens)
	(um) = (micron)
	FARADAY = (faraday) (coulomb)
	R = (k-mole) (joule/degC)
	PI	= (pi) (1)
} 

ASSIGNED {
	ica 		(mA/cm2)
	gca		(pS/um2)
	eca		(mV)
	minf 		hinf
	mtau (ms)	htau (ms)
	tadj
}
 

STATE { m h }

INITIAL { 
	trates(v+vshift)
	m = minf
	h = hinf
}

BREAKPOINT {
        SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
        gca = tadj*gbar*m*m*h
	ica = (1e-4) * gca * (v - eca)
} 

LOCAL mexp, hexp

:PROCEDURE states() {
:        trates(v+vshift)      
:        m = m + mexp*(minf-m)
:        h = h + hexp*(hinf-h)
:	VERBATIM
:	return 0;
:	ENDVERBATIM
:}

DERIVATIVE states {
        trates(v+vshift)      
        m' =  (minf-m)/mtau
        h' =  (hinf-h)/htau
}

PROCEDURE trates(v) {  
                      
        
        TABLE minf, hinf, mtau, htau 
	DEPEND  celsius, temp
	
	FROM vmin TO vmax WITH 199

	rates(v): not consistently executed from here if usetable == 1

:        tinc = -dt * tadj

:        mexp = 1 - exp(tinc/mtau)
:        hexp = 1 - exp(tinc/htau)
}


PROCEDURE rates(vm) {  
        LOCAL  a, b

        tadj = q10^((celsius - temp)/10)

	a = 0.055*(-27 - vm)/(exp((-27-vm)/3.8) - 1)
	b = 0.94*exp((-75-vm)/17)
	
	mtau = 1/tadj/(a+b)
	minf = a/(a+b)

		:"h" inactivation 

	a = 0.000457*exp((-13-vm)/50)
	b = 0.0065/(exp((-vm-15)/28) + 1)

	htau = 1/tadj/(a+b)
	hinf = a/(a+b)
}

FUNCTION efun(z) {
	if (fabs(z) < 1e-4) {
		efun = 1 - z/2
	}else{
		efun = z/(exp(z) - 1)
	}
}