CA1 pyramidal neurons: effect of external electric field from power lines (Cavarretta et al. 2014)

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The paper discusses the effects induced by an electric field at power lines frequency.
Reference:
1 . Cavarretta F, Carnevale NT, Tegolo D, Migliore M (2014) Effects of low frequency electric fields on synaptic integration in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons: implications for power line emissions. Front Cell Neurosci 8:310 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Dendrite; Extracellular;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Hippocampus;
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I A; I K; I h;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): AMPA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s): Glutamate;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Activity Patterns; Dendritic Action Potentials; Active Dendrites; Detailed Neuronal Models; Action Potentials; Synaptic Integration; Extracellular Fields;
Implementer(s): Carnevale, Ted [Ted.Carnevale at Yale.edu]; Migliore, Michele [Michele.Migliore at Yale.edu]; Cavarretta, Francesco [francescocavarretta at hotmail.it];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell; AMPA; I Na,t; I A; I K; I h; Glutamate;
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D_LAMBDA = 0.1 // chop each section into smallest odd number of segments
  // such no segment is longer than D_LAMBDA * lambda_100Hz

proc set_nseg() {
//  forsec all { nseg = int((L/($1*lambda_f(100))+.9)/2)*2 + 1  }
  // Migliore's cells may not have an "all" set
  forall { nseg = int((L/($1*lambda_f(100))+.9)/2)*2 + 1  }
}

set_nseg(D_LAMBDA)