CA1 pyramidal neuron: as a 2-layer NN and subthreshold synaptic summation (Poirazi et al 2003)

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We developed a CA1 pyramidal cell model calibrated with a broad spectrum of in vitro data. Using simultaneous dendritic and somatic recordings, and combining results for two different response measures (peak vs. mean EPSP), two different stimulus formats (single shock vs. 50 Hz trains), and two different spatial integration conditions (within vs. between-branch summation), we found the cell's subthreshold responses to paired inputs are best described as a sum of nonlinear subunit responses, where the subunits correspond to different dendritic branches. In addition to suggesting a new type of experiment and providing testable predictions, our model shows how conclusions regarding synaptic arithmetic can be influenced by an array of seemingly innocuous experimental design choices.
Reference:
1 . Poirazi P, Brannon T, Mel BW (2003) Arithmetic of subthreshold synaptic summation in a model CA1 pyramidal cell. Neuron 37:977-87 [PubMed]
2 . Poirazi P, Brannon T, Mel BW (2003) Pyramidal neuron as two-layer neural network. Neuron 37:989-99 [PubMed]
3 . Poirazi P, Brannon T, Mel BW (2003ab-sup) Online Supplement: About the Model Neuron 37 Online:1-20
4 . Polsky A, Mel BW, Schiller J (2004) Computational subunits in thin dendrites of pyramidal cells. Nat Neurosci 7:621-7 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I M; I h; I K,Ca; I Calcium;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): GabaA; GabaB; NMDA; Glutamate;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Action Potential Initiation; Activity Patterns; Dendritic Action Potentials; Active Dendrites; Influence of Dendritic Geometry; Detailed Neuronal Models; Action Potentials; Depression; Delay;
Implementer(s): Poirazi, Panayiota [poirazi at imbb.forth.gr];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell; GabaA; GabaB; NMDA; Glutamate; I Na,p; I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I M; I h; I K,Ca; I Calcium;
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COMMENT

na.mod

Sodium channel, Hodgkin-Huxley style kinetics.  

Kinetics were fit to data from Huguenard et al. (1988) and Hamill et
al. (1991)

qi is not well constrained by the data, since there are no points
between -80 and -55.  So this was fixed at 5 while the thi1,thi2,Rg,Rd
were optimized using a simplex least square proc

voltage dependencies are shifted approximately from the best
fit to give higher threshold

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

ENDCOMMENT

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

NEURON {
	SUFFIX na
	USEION na READ ena WRITE ina
	RANGE m, h, gna, gbar
	GLOBAL tha, thi1, thi2, qa, qi, qinf, thinf
	RANGE minf, hinf, mtau, htau
	GLOBAL Ra, Rb, Rd, Rg
	GLOBAL q10, temp, tadj, vmin, vmax, vshift
}

PARAMETER {
	gbar = 1000   	(pS/um2)	: 0.12 mho/cm2
	vshift = -10	(mV)		: voltage shift (affects all)
								
	tha  = -35	(mV)		: v 1/2 for act		(-42)
	qa   = 9	(mV)		: act slope		
	Ra   = 0.182	(/ms)		: open (v)		
	Rb   = 0.124	(/ms)		: close (v)		

	thi1  = -50	(mV)		: v 1/2 for inact 	
	thi2  = -75	(mV)		: v 1/2 for inact 	
	qi   = 5	(mV)	        : inact tau slope
	thinf  = -65	(mV)		: inact inf slope	
	qinf  = 6.2	(mV)		: inact inf slope
	Rg   = 0.0091	(/ms)		: inact (v)	
	Rd   = 0.024	(/ms)		: inact recov (v) 

	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)
} 

ASSIGNED {
	ina 		(mA/cm2)
	gna		(pS/um2)
	ena		(mV)
	minf 		hinf
	mtau (ms)	htau (ms)
	tadj
}
 

STATE { m h }

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

BREAKPOINT {
        SOLVE states
        gna = tadj*gbar*m*m*m*h
	ina = (1e-4) * gna * (v - ena)
} 

LOCAL mexp, hexp 

PROCEDURE states() {   :Computes state variables m, h, and n 
        trates(v+vshift)      :             at the current v and dt.
        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, Ra, Rb, Rd, Rg, tha, thi1, thi2, qa, qi, qinf
	
	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 = trap0(vm,tha,Ra,qa)
	b = trap0(-vm,-tha,Rb,qa)
	mtau = 1/(a+b)
	minf = a*mtau

		:"h" inactivation 

	a = trap0(vm,thi1,Rd,qi)
	b = trap0(-vm,-thi2,Rg,qi)
	htau = 1/(a+b)
	hinf = 1/(1+exp((vm-thinf)/qinf))
}


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
 	}
}