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Single excitatory axons form clustered synapses onto CA1 pyramidal cell dendrites (Bloss et al 2018)

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" ... Here we show that single presynaptic axons form multiple, spatially clustered inputs onto the distal, but not proximal, dendrites of CA1 pyramidal neurons. These compound connections exhibit ultrastructural features indicative of strong synapses and occur much more commonly in entorhinal than in thalamic afferents. Computational simulations revealed that compound connections depolarize dendrites in a biophysically efficient manner, owing to their inherent spatiotemporal clustering. ..."
Reference:
1 . Bloss EB, Cembrowski MS, Karsh B, Colonell J, Fetter RD, Spruston N (2018) Single excitatory axons form clustered synapses onto CA1 pyramidal cell dendrites. Nat Neurosci 21:353-363 [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;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON;
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BlossEtAl2018
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dists.mod *
eff.mod *
gScale.mod
id.mod *
kad.mod *
kap.mod *
kdr.mod *
na3.mod *
nmdaSyn.mod
syns.mod *
addChannels.hoc *
addSpines.hoc
addSynapses.hoc
buildCell.hoc
channelParameters.hoc *
createBiophysics.hoc
createMorphology.hoc
createPlots.hoc
createPointers.hoc
doAnalysis.hoc
getBranchOrder.hoc *
idMorph.hoc
initializationAndRun.hoc
loadMorph.hoc
mosinit.hoc *
processMorph.hoc
proofreadMorph.hoc
resetNSeg.hoc *
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simParameters.hoc
singleSim.hoc
singleSimDist.hoc
spineGeom.hoc
spineShaftConc.hoc
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trackVoltages.hoc
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varyDistribution.hoc
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// DECLARE OBJECTS TO BE ASSIGNED DURING initChannels() CALL
objref osec[10]


// LOAD PARAMETERS FOR CHANNELS
{
	load_file("channelParameters.hoc")
}

proc initChannels(){
	// add in voltage-gated channels
	{
		forall {
			insert pas  g_pas=1/(Rm)  Ra=global_ra  e_pas=Vleak
			insert id
		}
		
		soma.sec { 
			insert nax  gbar_nax=gnaSoma  
			insert kdr  gkdrbar_kdr=gkdr
			insert kap  gkabar_kap=gkap
			insert kad  gkabar_kad=0
			insert pas	e_pas=Vleak  g_pas=1/Rm   Ra=global_ra  cm=Cm
		}
		

		forsec basalList {
			insert pas	e_pas=Vleak  Ra=global_ra 
			for (x) {
				xdist=distance(x)
				if (xdist <= spinelimit) {
					g_pas(x) = 1/Rm
					cm(x) = Cm
				} else {
					g_pas(x) = spinefactor/Rm
					cm(x) = spinefactor*Cm
				}
			}
			insert nax	
			insert kdr	gkdrbar_kdr=gkdr
			insert kap
			insert kad
			gkabar_kap = 0
			gkabar_kad = 0
			
			for (x) {
				xdist = distance(x)
				xdistNoLimit = xdist
				if (xdist > dlimit) {
					xdist = dlimit
				}
				gkabar_kap(x) = 0
				gkabar_kad(x) = 0
				if (xdist > dprox) {
					gkabar_kad(x) = gkad*(1+xdist*dslope)
				} else {
					gkabar_kap(x) = gkap*(1+xdist*dslope)
				}
			}
			
		}
		
		soma.sec {
			area(0.5)
			distance()
		}
			
		forsec apicalList {
			insert pas	e_pas=Vleak  Ra=global_ra 
			for (x) {
				xdist=distance(x)
				if (xdist <= spinelimit) {
					g_pas(x) = 1/Rm
					cm(x) = Cm
				} else {
					g_pas(x) = spinefactor/Rm
					cm(x) = spinefactor*Cm
				}
			}
			insert nax	
			insert kdr	gkdrbar_kdr=gkdr
			insert kap
			insert kad
			gkabar_kap = 0
			gkabar_kad = 0
			
			for (x) {
				xdist = distance(x)
				xdistNoLimit = xdist
				if (xdist > dlimit) {
					xdist = dlimit
				}
				gkabar_kap(x) = 0
				gkabar_kad(x) = 0
				if (xdist > dprox) {
					gkabar_kad(x) = gkad*(1+xdist*dslope)
				} else {
					gkabar_kap(x) = gkap*(1+xdist*dslope)
				}
			}
		}
		
		
		
		
		forsec obliqueList {
				for (x) {
					odist = distance(x) 	// odist is the distance of each segment along the oblique branch
					pdist_k = dlimit
					gkabar_kap(x) = gkap*(1+pdist_k*dslope+odist*okslope)
					gkabar_kad(x) = gkad*(1+pdist_k*dslope+odist*okslope)
				}
		}
		

		forsec tuftList {
			gbar_nax = gnaSlm
		}
		forsec ca3List {
			gbar_nax = gnaSr
		}
		soma.sec {
			gbar_nax = gnaSoma
		}
		
		soma.sec { 
			distance()
		}

	}
}


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