Dendritic Discrimination of Temporal Input Sequences (Branco et al. 2010)

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Accession:140828
Compartmental model of a layer 2/3 pyramidal cell in the rat somatosensory cortex, exploring NMDA-dependent sensitivity to the temporal sequence of synaptic activation.
References:
1 . Branco T, Clark BA, Häusser M (2010) Dendritic discrimination of temporal input sequences in cortical neurons. Science 329:1671-5 [PubMed]
2 . Branco T, Häusser M (2011) Synaptic integration gradients in single cortical pyramidal cell dendrites. Neuron 69:885-92 [PubMed]
Model Information (Click on a link to find other models with that property)
Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell; Dendrite;
Brain Region(s)/Organism: Neocortex;
Cell Type(s): Neocortex L2/3 pyramidal GLU cell;
Channel(s):
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s): NMDA;
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s): Glutamate;
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Spatio-temporal Activity Patterns; Synaptic Integration; Direction Selectivity;
Implementer(s):
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Neocortex L2/3 pyramidal GLU cell; NMDA; Glutamate;
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COMMENT
T-type Ca channel 
ca.mod to lead to thalamic ca current inspired by destexhe and huguenrd
Uses fixed eca instead of GHK eqn
changed from (AS Oct0899)
changed for use with Ri18  (B.Kampa 2005)
ENDCOMMENT

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

NEURON {
	SUFFIX it
	USEION ca READ eca WRITE ica
	RANGE m, h, gca, gbar
	RANGE minf, hinf, mtau, htau, inactF, actF
	GLOBAL  vshift,vmin,vmax, v12m, v12h, vwm, vwh, am, ah, vm1, vm2, vh1, vh2, wm1, wm2, wh1, wh2
}

PARAMETER {
	gbar = 0.0008 (mho/cm2)	: 0.12 mho/cm2
	vshift = 0	(mV)		: voltage shift (affects all)

	cao  = 2.5	(mM)	        : external ca concentration
	cai		(mM)
						 
	v 		(mV)
	dt		(ms)
	celsius		(degC)
	vmin = -120	(mV)
	vmax = 100	(mV)

	v12m=50         	(mV)
	v12h=78         	(mV)
	vwm =7.4         	(mV)
	vwh=5.0         	(mV)
	am=3         	(mV)
	ah=85         	(mV)
	vm1=25         	(mV)
	vm2=100         	(mV)
	vh1=46         	(mV)
	vh2=405         	(mV)
	wm1=20         	(mV)
	wm2=15         	(mV)
	wh1=4         	(mV)
	wh2=50         	(mV)


}


UNITS {
	(mA) = (milliamp)
	(mV) = (millivolt)
	(pS) = (picosiemens)
	(um) = (micron)
	FARADAY = (faraday) (coulomb)
	R = (k-mole) (joule/degC)
	PI	= (pi) (1)
} 

ASSIGNED {
	ica 		(mA/cm2)
	gca		(pS/um2)
	eca		(mV)
	minf 		hinf
	mtau (ms)	htau (ms)
	tadj
}
 

STATE { m h }

INITIAL { 
	trates(v+vshift)
	m = minf
	h = hinf
}

BREAKPOINT {
        SOLVE states
        gca = gbar*m*m*h
	ica = gca * (v - eca)
} 

LOCAL mexp, hexp

PROCEDURE states() {
        trates(v+vshift)      
        m = m + mexp*(minf-m)
        h = h + hexp*(hinf-h)
	VERBATIM
	return 0;
	ENDVERBATIM
}


PROCEDURE trates(v) {  
                      
        LOCAL tinc
        TABLE minf, mexp, hinf, hexp
	DEPEND dt	
	FROM vmin TO vmax WITH 199

	rates(v): not consistently executed from here if usetable == 1

        tinc = -dt 

        mexp = 1 - exp(tinc/mtau)
        hexp = 1 - exp(tinc/htau)
}


PROCEDURE rates(v_) {  
        LOCAL  a, b

	minf = 1.0 / ( 1 + exp(-(v_+v12m)/vwm) )
	hinf = 1.0 / ( 1 + exp((v_+v12h)/vwh) )

	mtau = ( am + 1.0 / ( exp((v_+vm1)/wm1) + exp(-(v_+vm2)/wm2) ) ) 
	htau = ( ah + 1.0 / ( exp((v_+vh1)/wh1) + exp(-(v_+vh2)/wh2) ) ) 
}


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