NAcc medium spiny neuron: effects of cannabinoid withdrawal (Spiga et al. 2010)

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Cannabinoid withdrawal produces a hypofunction of dopaminergic neurons targeting medium spiny neurons (MSN) of the forebrain. Administration of a CB1 receptor antagonist to control rats provoked structural abnormalities, reminiscent of those observed in withdrawal conditions and support the regulatory role of cannabinoids in neurogenesis, axonal growth and synaptogenesis. Experimental observations were incorporated into a realistic computational model which predicts a strong reduction in the excitability of morphologically-altered MSN, yielding a significant reduction in action potential output. These paper provided direct morphological evidence for functional abnormalities associated with cannabinoid dependence at the level of dopaminergic neurons and their post synaptic counterpart, supporting a hypodopaminergic state as a distinctive feature of the “addicted brain”.
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1 . Spiga S, Lintas A, Migliore M, Diana M (2010) Altered architecture and functional consequences of the mesolimbic dopamine system in cannabis dependence. Addict Biol 15:266-76 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Dendrite;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Basal ganglia;
Cell Type(s): Nucleus accumbens spiny projection neuron;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I A; I Potassium; I A, slow; I Krp;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): AMPA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s): Glutamate;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Action Potential Initiation; Activity Patterns; Active Dendrites; Detailed Neuronal Models; Action Potentials; Synaptic Integration; Addiction;
Implementer(s): Migliore, Michele [Michele.Migliore at Yale.edu];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  AMPA; I Na,t; I A; I Potassium; I A, slow; I Krp; Glutamate;
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TITLE Potassium A-type current for nucleus accumbens (Kv1.2)

COMMENT
Jason Moyer 2004 - jtmoyer@seas.upenn.edu

Shen W, Hernandez-Lopez S, Tkatch T, Held JE, Surmeier DJ (2004).
Kv1.2-containing k+ channels regulate subthreshold excitability of
striatal medium spiny neurons. J Neurophys 91: 1337-1349.

Some of the parameters were published incorrectly in the original paper - these
are detailed below

ENDCOMMENT

UNITS {
        (mA) = (milliamp)
        (mV) = (millivolt)
        (S)  = (siemens)
}
 
NEURON {
        SUFFIX kas
        USEION k READ ek WRITE ik
        RANGE  gkbar, ik
}
 
PARAMETER {
    gkbar   =   0.01 (mho/cm2)	: 0.01 soma&prox; 0.00091483 mid&dist

	qfact = 9				: qfact = 3 after equations were set but before 
							:	temp correction for fig 6E; QF = 9 is 35 degC

	vmh = -27.0	(mV)		: Shen 2004
	vmc = -16	(mV)		: Shen 2004	
	
	vhh = -33.5	(mV)		: Shen 2004 
	vhc = 21.5	(mV)		: Shen 2004
	
	taum0 = 3.4	(ms)		: Shen 2004
	Cm = 89.2	(ms)		: Shen 2004
	vthm = -34.3	(mV)	: Shen 2004
	vtcm = 30.1	(mV)		: Shen 2004
	
	alpha = 1				: correspondence with josh held
	vth1 = -0.96	(mV)	: Shen 2004
	vtc1 = 29.01	(mV)	: Shen 2004
	
	beta = 1				: josh held
	vth2 = -0.96	(mV)	: Shen 2004
	vtc2 = 100 	(mV)		: Shen 2004
	
	Ch = 9876.6	(ms)		: 548.7 * 18, set to match tauh = 2 s with div by qfact = 3
	a = 0.996				: josh held
	hshift = 0		(mV)
	htaushift = -90	(mV)	: to correct kinetics
}
 
STATE { m h }
 
ASSIGNED {
		ek				(mV)
        v 				(mV)
        ik 				(mA/cm2)
        gk				(S/cm2)
        minf
	hinf
        mtau		(ms)
        htau		(ms)
   }
  
INITIAL {
	settables(v)
	m = minf
	h = hinf

}

BREAKPOINT {
        SOLVE state METHOD cnexp
        gk = gkbar * m * m * (a*h + (1-a)) 
        ik = gk * ( v - ek )
}

DERIVATIVE state { 
        settables(v)
	mtau = mtau / qfact
	htau = htau / qfact
        m' = (minf - m)/mtau
        h' = (hinf - h)/htau
}

PROCEDURE settables( v (mV) ) {
	LOCAL left, right

	TABLE minf, hinf, mtau, htau DEPEND hshift, Ch
		FROM -200 TO 200 WITH 201
		
	  	minf = 1 / (1+(exp( (v - vmh) / vmc )))
  		hinf = 1 / (1+(exp( (v - vhh - hshift) / vhc )))
  		
 		mtau = taum0  +  Cm * exp( - ((v-vthm)/vtcm)^2 )

		left = alpha * exp( -(v-vth1-htaushift)/vtc1 )	: originally exp((v-vth1)/vtc1)
		right = beta * exp( (v-vth2-htaushift)/vtc2 )	: originally exp(-(v-vth2)/vtc2)
		htau = Ch  /  ( left + right )
}





 

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