Model of CA1 activity during working memory task (Spera et al. 2016)

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"The cellular processes underlying individual differences in the Woring Memory Capacity (WMC) of humans are essentially unknown. Psychological experiments suggest that subjects with lower working memory capacity (LWMC), with respect to subjects with higher capacity (HWMC), take more time to recall items from a list because they search through a larger set of items and are much more susceptible to interference during retrieval. ... In this paper, we investigate the possible underlying mechanisms at the single neuron level by using a computational model of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons, which have been suggested to be deeply involved in the recognition of specific items. ..."
Reference:
1 . Spera E, Migliore M, Unsworth N, Tegolo D (2016) On the cellular mechanisms underlying working memory capacity in humans Neural Network World 4:335-359
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Model Type: Realistic Network; Synapse;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Hippocampus;
Cell Type(s): Hippocampus CA1 pyramidal GLU cell;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Working memory;
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SperaEtAl2016
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TITLE I-h channel from Magee 1998 for distal dendrites

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

}

PARAMETER {
	v 		(mV)
        ehd  		(mV)        
	celsius 	(degC)
	ghdbar=.0001 	(mho/cm2)
        vhalfl=-81   	(mV)
	kl=-8
        vhalft=-75   	(mV)
        a0t=0.011      	(/ms)
        zetat=2.2    	(1)
        gmt=.4   	(1)
	q10=4.5
	qtl=1
}


NEURON {
	SUFFIX hd
	NONSPECIFIC_CURRENT i
        RANGE ghdbar, vhalfl
        GLOBAL linf,taul
}

STATE {
        l
}

ASSIGNED {
	i (mA/cm2)
        linf      
        taul
        ghd
}

INITIAL {
	rate(v)
	l=linf
}


BREAKPOINT {
	SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
	ghd = ghdbar*l
	i = ghd*(v-ehd)

}


FUNCTION alpt(v(mV)) {
  alpt = exp(0.0378*zetat*(v-vhalft)) 
}

FUNCTION bett(v(mV)) {
  bett = exp(0.0378*zetat*gmt*(v-vhalft)) 
}

DERIVATIVE states {     : exact when v held constant; integrates over dt step
        rate(v)
        l' =  (linf - l)/taul
}

PROCEDURE rate(v (mV)) { :callable from hoc
        LOCAL a,qt
        qt=q10^((celsius-33)/10)
        a = alpt(v)
        linf = 1/(1 + exp(-(v-vhalfl)/kl))
:       linf = 1/(1+ alpl(v))
        taul = bett(v)/(qtl*qt*a0t*(1+a))
}