Mirror Neuron (Antunes et al 2017)

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Modeling Mirror Neurons Through Spike-Timing Dependent Plasticity. This script reproduces Figure 3B.
Reference:
1 . Antunes G, Faria da Silva SF, Simoes de Souza FM (2018) Mirror Neurons Modeled Through Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity are Affected by Channelopathies Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Int J Neural Syst 28:1750058 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Neocortex;
Cell Type(s):
Channel(s): I Calcium; I M; I h; I Potassium; I Sodium;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): AMPA; NMDA;
Gene(s): Cav1.2 CACNA1C; Cav1.3 CACNA1D;
Transmitter(s): Glutamate;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Detailed Neuronal Models; STDP;
Implementer(s): Simoes-de-Souza, Fabio [fabio.souza at ufabc.edu.br];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  AMPA; NMDA; I M; I h; I Sodium; I Calcium; I Potassium; Glutamate;
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STDP_triplet.mod
nrnmech.dll
                            
:Comment :
:Reference : :		Kole,Hallermann,and Stuart, J. Neurosci. 2006

NEURON	{
	SUFFIX Ih
	NONSPECIFIC_CURRENT ihcn
	RANGE gIhbar, gIh, ihcn 
}

UNITS	{
	(S) = (siemens)
	(mV) = (millivolt)
	(mA) = (milliamp)
}

PARAMETER	{
	gIhbar = 0.00001 (S/cm2) 
	ehcn =  -45.0 (mV)
}

ASSIGNED	{
	v	(mV)
	ihcn	(mA/cm2)
	gIh	(S/cm2)
	mInf
	mTau
	mAlpha
	mBeta
}

STATE	{ 
	m
}

BREAKPOINT	{
	SOLVE states METHOD cnexp
	gIh = gIhbar*m
	ihcn = gIh*(v-ehcn)
}

DERIVATIVE states	{
	rates()
	m' = (mInf-m)/mTau
}

INITIAL{
	rates()
	m = mInf
}

PROCEDURE rates(){
	UNITSOFF
        if(v == -154.9){
            v = v + 0.0001
        }
		mAlpha =  0.001*6.43*(v+154.9)/(exp((v+154.9)/11.9)-1)
		mBeta  =  0.001*193*exp(v/33.1)
		mInf = mAlpha/(mAlpha + mBeta)
		mTau = 1/(mAlpha + mBeta)
	UNITSON
}