Impact of dendritic atrophy on intrinsic and synaptic excitability (Narayanan & Chattarji, 2010)

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These simulations examined the atrophy induced changes in electrophysiological properties of CA3 pyramidal neurons. We found these neurons change from bursting to regular spiking as atrophy increases. Region-specific atrophy induced region-specific increases in synaptic excitability in a passive dendritic tree. All dendritic compartments of an atrophied neuron had greater synaptic excitability and a larger voltage transfer to the soma than the control neuron.
Reference:
1 . Narayanan R, Chattarji S (2010) Computational analysis of the impact of chronic stress on intrinsic and synaptic excitability in the hippocampus. J Neurophysiol 103:3070-83 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell; Synapse; Dendrite;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Hippocampus;
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA3 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I L high threshold; I N; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I M; I h; I K,Ca; I Calcium; I_AHP;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): AMPA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s): Glutamate;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Active Dendrites; Influence of Dendritic Geometry; Detailed Neuronal Models; Action Potentials; Conductance distributions;
Implementer(s): Narayanan, Rishikesh [rishi at iisc.ac.in];
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TITLE T-calcium channel
: T-type calcium channel


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

	FARADAY = 96520 (coul)
	R = 8.3134 (joule/degC)
	KTOMV = .0853 (mV/degC)
}

PARAMETER {
	v (mV)
	celsius = 6.3	(degC)
	gcatbar=.003 (mho/cm2)
	cai (mM)
	cao (mM)
}


NEURON {
	SUFFIX cat
	USEION ca READ cai,cao WRITE ica
        RANGE gcatbar,cai
}

STATE {
	m h 
}

ASSIGNED {
	ica (mA/cm2)
        gcat (mho/cm2)
}

INITIAL {
      m = minf(v)
      h = hinf(v)
}

BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
	gcat = gcatbar*m*m*h
	ica = gcat*ghk(v,cai,cao)

}

DERIVATIVE states {	: exact when v held constant
	m' = (minf(v) - m)/m_tau(v)
	h' = (hinf(v) - h)/h_tau(v)
}


FUNCTION ghk(v(mV), ci(mM), co(mM)) (mV) {
        LOCAL nu,f

        f = KTF(celsius)/2
        nu = v/f
        ghk=-f*(1. - (ci/co)*exp(nu))*efun(nu)
}

FUNCTION KTF(celsius (DegC)) (mV) {
        KTF = ((25./293.15)*(celsius + 273.15))
}


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

FUNCTION hinf(v(mV)) {
	LOCAL a,b
	TABLE FROM -150 TO 150 WITH 200
	a = 1.e-6*exp(-v/16.26)
	b = 1/(exp((-v+29.79)/10.)+1.)
	hinf = a/(a+b)
}

FUNCTION minf(v(mV)) {
	LOCAL a,b
	TABLE FROM -150 TO 150 WITH 200
        
	a = 0.2*(-1.0*v+19.26)/(exp((-1.0*v+19.26)/10.0)-1.0)
	b = 0.009*exp(-v/22.03)
	minf = a/(a+b)
}

FUNCTION m_tau(v(mV)) (ms) {
	LOCAL a,b
	TABLE FROM -150 TO 150 WITH 200
	a = 0.2*(-1.0*v+19.26)/(exp((-1.0*v+19.26)/10.0)-1.0)
	b = 0.009*exp(-v/22.03)
	m_tau = 1/(a+b)
}

FUNCTION h_tau(v(mV)) (ms) {
	LOCAL a,b
        TABLE FROM -150 TO 150 WITH 200
	a = 1.e-6*exp(-v/16.26)
	b = 1/(exp((-v+29.79)/10.)+1.)
	h_tau = 1/(a+b)
}