Thalamic neuron: Modeling rhythmic neuronal activity (Meuth et al. 2005)

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The authors use an in vitro cell model of a single acutely isolated thalamic neuron in the NEURON simulation environment to address and discuss questions in an undergraduate course. Topics covered include passive electrical properties, composition of action potentials, trains of action potentials, multicompartment modeling, and research topics. The paper includes detailed instructions on how to run the simulations in the appendix.
Reference:
1 . Meuth P, Meuth SG, Jacobi D, Broicher T, Pape HC, Budde T (2005) Get the rhythm: modeling neuronal activity. J Undergrad Neurosci Educ 4:A1-A11 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Thalamus geniculate nucleus/lateral principal GLU cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I L high threshold; I T low threshold; I A; I K; I h;
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Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Bursting; Tutorial/Teaching; Action Potentials;
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TITLE hyperpolarization-activated current (H-current) 

COMMENT
	Two distinct activation gates are assumed with the same asymptotic 
	opening values, a fast gate (F) and a slow gate (S). The following 
	kinetic scheme is assumed

	s0  --(Alpha)--> s1 + n Cai  --(k1)--> s2
           <--(Beta)---             <--(k2)--
 
 	f0  --(Alpha)--> f1 + n Cai  --(k1)--> f2
           <--(Beta)---             <--(k2)--

	where s0/f0, s1/f1, and s2/f2 are resp. fraction of closed slow/fast 
	gates, fraction of open unbound slow/fast gates, and fraction of open 
	calcium-bound slow/fast	gates, n is taken 2, and k1 = k2*C where 
	C = (cai/cac)^n and cac is the critical value at which Ca2+ binding 
	is half-activated.
	
	The total current is computed according

	ih = ghbar * (s1+s2) * (f1+f2) * (v-eh)

        *********************************************
        reference:      Destexhe, Babloyantz & Sejnowski (1993)
			Biophys.J. 65, 1538-1552
        found in:       thalamocortical neurons
        *********************************************
	Maxim Bazhenov's first mod file
        Rewritten for MyFirstNEURON by Arthur Houweling 
ENDCOMMENT

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

NEURON {
	SUFFIX iH
	USEION h READ eh WRITE ih VALENCE 1
	USEION ca READ cai
        RANGE ghbar, tau_s, tau_f, tau_c, ih
	GLOBAL cac
}

UNITS {
	(mA) 	= (milliamp)
	(mV) 	= (millivolt)
	(molar)	= (1/liter)
	(mM) 	= (millimolar)
}

PARAMETER {
	v		(mV)
	cai		(mM)
	celsius		(degC)
	eh	= -43	(mV)
	ghbar	= 4e-5	(mho/cm2)
	cac 	= 5e-4	(mM)
}

STATE {
	s1			: fraction of open unbound slow gates 
	s2 			: fraction of open calcium-bound slow gates
	f1	 		: fraction of open unbound fast gates
	f2			: fraction of open calcium-bound fast gates
}

ASSIGNED {
	ih		(mA/cm2)
        h_inf
        tau_s		(ms)	: time constant slow gate
        tau_f 		(ms)	: time constant fast gate
	tau_c		(ms)	: time constant calcium binding 
        alpha_s		(1/ms)
        alpha_f 	(1/ms)
        beta_s 		(1/ms)
        beta_f		(1/ms)
	C
	k2		(1/ms)
	tadj
	s0			: fraction of closed slow gates 
	f0			: fraction of closed fast gates
}

BREAKPOINT { 
	SOLVE states METHOD euler
	ih = ghbar * (s1+s2) * (f1+f2) * (v-eh)
}

UNITSOFF
DERIVATIVE states { 
	evaluate_fct(v,cai)

	s1' = alpha_s*s0 - beta_s*s1 + k2*(s2-C*s1)
        f1' = alpha_f*f0 - beta_f*f1 + k2*(f2-C*f1)
        s2' = -k2*(s2-C*s1)
        f2' = -k2*(f2-C*f1)

        s0 = 1-s1-s2
        f0 = 1-f1-f2
}

INITIAL {
	: Q10 assumed to be 3
	tadj = 3^((celsius-35.5)/10)
	evaluate_fct(v,cai)

	s1 = alpha_s / (beta_s+alpha_s*(1+C))
	s2 = alpha_s*C / (beta_s+alpha_s*(1+C))
	s0 = 1-s1-s2
	f1 = alpha_f / (beta_f+alpha_f*(1+C))
	f2 = alpha_f*C / (beta_f+alpha_f*(1+C))
	f0 = 1-f1-f2

	tau_c = 1 / (1+C) / k2	: for plotting purposes
}

PROCEDURE evaluate_fct( v(mV), cai(mM)) {
	h_inf = 1 / (1+exp((v+68.9)/6.5))
	tau_s = exp((v+183.6)/15.24) / tadj
	tau_f = exp((v+158.6)/11.2) / (1+exp((v+75)/5.5)) / tadj

	alpha_s = h_inf / tau_s 
	alpha_f = h_inf / tau_f 
	beta_s = (1-h_inf) / tau_s
	beta_f = (1-h_inf) / tau_f

        C = cai*cai/(cac*cac)
	k2 = 4e-4 * tadj	
}	
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