Thalamic reticular neurons: the role of Ca currents (Destexhe et al 1996)

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The experiments and modeling reported in this paper show how intrinsic bursting properties of RE cells may be explained by dendritic calcium currents.
Reference:
1 . Destexhe A, Contreras D, Steriade M, Sejnowski TJ, Huguenard JR (1996) In vivo, in vitro, and computational analysis of dendritic calcium currents in thalamic reticular neurons. J Neurosci 16:169-85 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Neuron or other electrically excitable cell;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Thalamus reticular nucleus GABA cell;
Channel(s): I Na,t; I T low threshold; I K; I Sodium; I Calcium; I Potassium;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s):
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s):
Simulation Environment: NEURON;
Model Concept(s): Action Potential Initiation; Dendritic Action Potentials; Bursting; Simplified Models; Active Dendrites; Influence of Dendritic Geometry; Detailed Neuronal Models; Action Potentials; Calcium dynamics;
Implementer(s): Destexhe, Alain [Destexhe at iaf.cnrs-gif.fr];
Search NeuronDB for information about:  Thalamus reticular nucleus GABA cell; I Na,t; I T low threshold; I K; I Sodium; I Calcium; I Potassium;
/*----------------------------------------------------------------
  Geometry file for thalamic reticular neuron

  - 1 compartment (soma)

  Length and diameters:
  ---------------------

	Soma :		L=64.86	um	diam=70 um2	S=14263 um2

	   Reconstructed RE cell was of 13302.9 um2

  For more details, see:

  Destexhe, A., Contreras, D., Steriade, M., Sejnowski, T.J. and Huguenard,
  J.R.  In vivo, in vitro and computational analysis of dendritic calcium
  currents in thalamic reticular neurons.  J. Neurosci. 16: 169-185, 1996.

  See also:

  http://www.cnl.salk.edu/~alain
  http://cns.fmed.ulaval.ca

----------------------------------------------------------------*/

print "----------------------------------------------"
print "Simplified reticular cell with 1 compartment"
print "----------------------------------------------"



/* create compartments (sections) */

create soma[1]

soma {
  nseg = 1
  diam = 70
  L = 64.86
}


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