Mechanisms of magnetic stimulation of central nervous system neurons (Pashut et al. 2011)

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a widely applied tool for probing cognitive function in humans and is one of the best tools for clinical treatments and interfering with cognitive tasks. Surprisingly, while TMS has been commercially available for decades, the cellular mechanisms underlying magnetic stimulation remain unclear. Here we investigate these mechanisms using compartmental modeling. We generated a numerical scheme allowing simulation of the physiological response to magnetic stimulation of neurons with arbitrary morphologies and active properties. Computational experiments using this scheme suggested that TMS affects neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) primarily by somatic stimulation.
Reference:
1 . Pashut T, Wolfus S, Friedman A, Lavidor M, Bar-Gad I, Yeshurun Y, Korngreen A (2011) Mechanisms of magnetic stimulation of central nervous system neurons. PLoS Comput Biol 7:e1002022 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Neocortex L5/6 pyramidal GLU cell; Squid axon;
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Receptor(s):
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Simulation Environment: NEURON; MATLAB;
Model Concept(s): Action Potential Initiation; Magnetic stimulation;
Implementer(s): Korngreen, Alon [alon.korngreen at gmail.com]; Pashut, Tamar [tamar.pashut at gmail.com];
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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 sca
	USEION ca READ eca WRITE ica
	RANGE m, h, gca, gbar
	RANGE minf, hinf, mtau, htau, inactF, actF
	GLOBAL q10, temp, tadj, vmin, vmax, vshift
}

PARAMETER {
        inactF = 3
	actF   = 1
	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
        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
}


PROCEDURE trates(v) {  
                      
        LOCAL tinc
        TABLE minf, mexp, hinf, hexp
	DEPEND dt, celsius, temp, inactF
	
	FROM vmin TO vmax WITH 199

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

        tadj = q10^((celsius - temp)/10)
        tinc = -dt * tadj

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


PROCEDURE rates(vm) {  
        LOCAL  a, b

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

		:"h" inactivation 

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

	htau = 1/(a+b)		: originally *1
	hinf = a*htau
}

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